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 | Aug 23, 2016 | Climate Action, Energy Policy
The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO) is the province’s environmental watchdog, reviewing and reporting on Ontario’s environmental performance. The current ECO, Dianne Saxe, began her term in December, 2015 and her appointment is focused “on serving the...
by Zahra Nurmohamed | Jul 22, 2016 | Community Power, Interviews, Renewable Energy Co-ops
TREC’s recently published report, The Power of Community explores the economic, environmental, and social benefits of locally owned and operated renewable energy initiatives. In general, community owned renewables lead to higher job creation; stronger economic impacts...
by Zahra Nurmohamed | Jul 19, 2016 | Community Power, Interviews, Renewable Energy Co-ops
TREC’s recently published report, The Power of Community explores the economic, environmental, and social benefits of locally owned and operated renewable energy initiatives. In general, community owned renewables lead to higher job creation; stronger economic impacts...
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...
