*For instance, look at the efforts of one Brazilian entrepreneur Fabio Rosa. His donation of 560 solar panels (Built in Canada) to an impoverished villages in the Amazon that will soon receive reliable, solar power to help keep their water clean, their lights on and to refrigerate medicine and food! This is just one example of how Solar Power improves LIVES, in the best ways possible. This one small example demonstrates…

Feed-in tariff, also known as “CLEAN Contracts.” Perhaps most famous for its successful implementation in Germany, a feed-in tariff is a policy tool that guarantees a fixed price at which renewable generators can sell the electricity they produce. http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/12/14/388988/feed-in-tariff-electric-rates/

The OPA is pleased to move forward with the revised FIT Program, which incorporates the results of the two-year FIT Program review. The objective of the review was to ensure the long-term sustainability of the program. READ MORE AT: http://fit.powerauthority.on.ca/results-fit-program-review-now-available

This page presents an overview of the Canadian Solar PV market activity from 1995 to 2005 and 2006 to 2011 and projection to 2025. Resources from other markets can be found at the foot of this page. The Canadian Solar Photovoltaic Market: The Canadian market for Solar Photovoltaics (PV) has developed steadily over the past decades and swiftly over the past years. 1995 to 2005: From Kilowatts to Megawatts During…

CanSIA’s response to the Ontario government’s draft microFIT and FIT 2.0 Rules and Contract documents.  It was submitted to the Ontario Power Authority on the evening of Friday 27th April in advance of the formal deadline for submissions. Read the document: http://www.cansia.ca/sites/default/files/20120427_cansia_fit_2.0_draft_contract__rules_submission.pdf Working Group Chairs: David Cork, Isolara Solar Power (Chair Micro-Scale FIT Review Working Group). Carlo Di Gioacchino, Northgrid Solar (Chair Small-Scale FIT Review Working Group). Michael Zimerman, Group IV…

First, let’s define solar power … Solar power (more specifically, photovoltaics) is a process whereby the sun’s energy is directly converted into electrical energy.” Solar power is available everywhere and will last forever!” Next, Solar Farms: Farms that utilize solar panels placed throughout their empty fields or underutilized properties with those panels directly connected to the Power Grid (Energy Companies’ lines) that Power Companies pay the farmer for the energy…

By Paul Gipe The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ISLR), a progressive Midwestern think tank, says that Ontario is getting more jobs for its renewable energy investments than comparable Midwestern states. Minnesota based ILSR examined the cost of Ontario’s Feed-in Tariff program and its controversial “buy local” provisions and compared it to similar federal and state programs in the US. ILSR concludes that Ontario is getting more bang–jobs–for its buck than…

“Since the economic downturn, residents and businesses have been looking for ways to use real estate that may no longer appeal to mall developers or home builders. One option is to build solar energy farms, where thousands of solar panels convert the sun’s energy into electricity.” Developers and Farmers have a particular incentive to do so in Ontario, Canada where the Providence’s Feed-In-Tariff program, and sometimes-local incentives, has made solar…

May 31, 2011 Recent articles in Ontario papers have claimed that nuclear energy provides a more sustainable approach to caring for Canada’s growing power needs. Examining this claim compels us to ask several significant questions. 1)   What is the actual installation cost for nuclear plants including eventual system decommissioning? 2)   What is the production cost including hidden costs such as waste disposal and other taxpayer subsidized expenses? 3)   What are…

On December 14, 2011 CanSIA submitted its FIT Program Review recommendation document “Maximizing the Benefits of Early Success: Recommendations for the Sustainability of Ontario’s Solar Energy Sector” to the Ontario Government FIT Program Review Team. This document presents recommendations prepared in consultation with over 500 of our member companies, with operations in the province of Ontario, to the Government of Ontario for their review of the microFIT and FIT programs….