by Zahra Nurmohamed | Sep 14, 2016 | Community Power, Energy Literacy and Education
As students prepare to go back to school this week, some will be greeted by new solar panels on school roofs. In 2011, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) reached a historic deal with AMP Solar Limited. Over the next 20 years, AMP offered to pay for the project...
by Zahra Nurmohamed | Sep 8, 2016 | Green Energy Doors Open
Green Energy Doors Open (GEDO) is an annual event highlighting sustainable energy projects across Ontario (with partner initiatives taking place in Alberta and B.C). Hosted by the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association, the program is entering its sixth year. Since...
by Judith Lipp | Jul 5, 2016 | Community Power
Judith Lipp is the Executive Director of TREC. Read TREC’s recent report – The Power of Community. It’s popular in Ontario to blame green energy for rising electricity bills. The truth is much more complicated, with the prices paid to kick-start a...
by Rebecca Black | Jun 29, 2016 | Community Power, Energy Policy
Rebecca Black is the Co-Chair of TREC. Read TREC’s recent report The Power of Community. Ontario has come a long way in just seven years. Back in 1999, seeing solar panels on a rooftop was a rare sight in this province. And finding one of the couple of dozen...
by Yvonne Ho | Dec 16, 2015 | Energy Policy, Renewable Energy Co-ops
The following is a guest post from CanSIA and the Solar Canada Conference, which explores the increase in local, small scale renewable energy co-operatives in Ontario over the past few years, thanks to the start of the Feed-in-Tariff program back in 2009. Renewable...
