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| The Ontario Power Authority ("OPA") has released three important updates to the Feed-in Tariff ("FIT") program:
1) Domestic content Q&A
The OPA has been flooded with [read more]Wednesday, 11 November 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| The International Energy Agency>International Energy Agency ("IEA") today launched its annual flagship publication in London. The World Energy Outlook 2009 (WEO 2009) looks at the impact [read more]Tuesday, 10 November 2009 | Stephan Trudeau |
| Canada will face significant negotiating hurdles in Copenhagen as world leaders attempt to negotiate a successor to the Kyoto Protocol this December. While the world is begrudingly acknowledging that [read more]Monday, 9 November 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| George Smitherman announced his resignation as Minister of Energy and Infrastructure ("MEI") of Ontario over the weekend. The announcement caught few by surprise, as Mr. Smitherman has been [read more]Monday, 9 November 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| The BC government reiterated its commitment to green power and energy self-sufficiency last week. In a special directive issued to the British Columbia Utilities Commission ("BCUC"), the [read more]Friday, 6 November 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| The Ontario Energy Board announced last week that it had finalized amendments to the connection cost responsibility provisions of the Distribution System Code ("DSC") and Transmission System [read more]Tuesday, 3 November 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| A coaltion of industry and environmental groups recently held a "ENGO-Industry Cap-and-Trade Dialogue" to discuss the appropriate trajectory for Canadian greenhouse gas regulation. In a [read more]Monday, 2 November 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| As part of its green energy initiatives, the Ontario government is reportedly wooing industrial giant Samsung Group to make a major investment in Ontario. Details of the proposed investment are still [read more]Monday, 2 November 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| On October 22, the Toronto Star reported that Minister Smitherman is considering exempting homeowners who bought residential solar systems before October 1, 2009 from the local content rules under [read more]Saturday, 31 October 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| On Tuesday, October 27, President Obama announced that the U.S. government would provide $3.4 billion to support around 100 smart grid projects. These projects, to be undertaken by distribution and [read more]Thursday, 29 October 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| The Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation ("CCEMC") issued its 2009 Call for Proposals: Initial Expression of Interest Stage (the "EOI") on August 5, 2009 [read more]Wednesday, 28 October 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| The City of Vancouver is on a quest to become the "greenest" city of them all. Not without "fierce competition" though, from the likes of London, Sydney, Copenhagen, New York, [read more]Friday, 23 October 2009 | Danielle Jarvis |
| On October 8th, the Carbon Disclosure Project Report 2009: Canada 200 was released. According to the executive summary by the Conference Board of Canada:
"The results for the 2009 Carbon Disclosure [read more]Tuesday, 20 October 2009 |
| Canada's Ambassador to the United States, Gary Doer, who is a former NDP Premier of Manitoba, stated yesterday that the oilsands are facing a disproportionate amount of criticism in the climate [read more]Tuesday, 20 October 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| Like Alberta, Canada is putting its money where it's mouth is. On October 14, 2009 Prime Minister Stephen Harper traveled to Wabamun, Alberta, the site of the Keephills Power Plant, to announce [read more]Tuesday, 20 October 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| The Government of Alberta recently announced its support for the development, by Davis client the Otoka Energy Corporation, of the first of its kind waste-to-energy production facility, where sawmill [read more]Monday, 19 October 2009 |
| The Alberta and Federal Governments formally announced $865 of funding for a commercial carbon capture and storage project today. Shell Canada was "first out of the gate in the carbon capture [read more]Thursday, 8 October 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| Submitted by Grant Boyle, Articled Student, Vancouver
On October 5 the Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT) issued an open call for carbon offsets.
The solicitation will be open to offset developers and [read more]Monday, 5 October 2009 |
| Energy/Environment High on Priority List for New US Ambassador to Canada
We have blogged many times about the Clean Energy Dialogue between Canada and the United States, which was begun when the [read more]Sunday, 4 October 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| Submitted by Grant Boyle, Articled Student, Vancouver
On September 30, 2009, Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer released the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act(the Kerry-Boxer bill). [read more]Saturday, 3 October 2009 |
| German-based E.ON AG announced yesterday that it has completed construction on the world's largest wind farm, a 781.5-megawatt project in Roscoe, Texas, which is situated about 200 miles west [read more]Friday, 2 October 2009 | Stephan Trudeau |
| Enerkem, a waste-to-biofuels and green chemicals technology company, today jointly announced a community energy initiative that will heat a Strathcona County neighbourhood, using the residual heat [read more]Thursday, 1 October 2009 | Stephan Trudeau |
| OPA and IESO launch FIT websites
The Ontario Power Authority's Feed-in Tariff program opened today. To assist potential applicants,
the OPA launched websites for both the [read more]Thursday, 1 October 2009 | Andrew Lord |
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The Ontario Power Authority ("OPA") announced today that TransCanada Corporation has been selected to design, build and operate a 900 megawatt (MW) gas-fired electricity generating [read more]Wednesday, 30 September 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| Despite industry objections, the California Air Resources Board, the entity tasked with the administration of that state's 2006 global warming law, voted 9-0 on Friday to approve the United States' [read more]Monday, 28 September 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| As part of the grand unveiling today:
The OPA posted finalized rules, contracts and prices for the FIT program;
The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure launched the Renewable Energy [read more]Thursday, 24 September 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| Ontario announced a series of long-anticipated Green Energy Act regulations today. The announcement is a major step forward for the transition to green energy. The Minister of Energy and Infrastructure [read more]Thursday, 24 September 2009 |
| On Wednesday, the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure announced the creation of two new funding programs for green energy projects:
The Community Energy Partnerships Program, which is open [read more]Thursday, 24 September 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| We have blogged a number of times that if the world is going to make meaningful inroads to the global reduction of emissions, the discussions at Copenhagen in December will have to include real contribution [read more]Wednesday, 23 September 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| Yesterday, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty refused to confirm or deny that restrictions would be placed on the use of prime agricultral land for renewable power pojects. However, rumours are circulating [read more]Wednesday, 23 September 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| CN today unveiled an upgraded on-line greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) calculator that estimates total carbon emissions for shipments across multiple modes of transportation.
CN, recognized as the [read more]Wednesday, 23 September 2009 | Stephan Trudeau |
| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") will begin tracking greenhouse emissions in 2010. The data will help the government determine how best to reduce emissions and may inform [read more]Wednesday, 23 September 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| The Ontario Energy Board has completed two of the green energy initiatives it has undertaken as a result of the passing of the Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009:
1) Amendments to the Distribution [read more]Tuesday, 22 September 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| A recent Bloomberg article highlights a basic yet key legal consideration related to CO2 capture and sequestration that major corporations are looking into when deciding on what projects to invest [read more]Tuesday, 22 September 2009 | Stephan Trudeau |
| Ontario's Minister of Energy and Infrastructure George Smitherman announced yesterday that Ontario will direct Hydro One to spend $2.3 billion to expand transmission and distribution infrastructure [read more]Tuesday, 22 September 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| Yesterday Canadian Environment Minister Jim Prentice and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu delivered an update on the two nations' clean energy dialogue (CED), which was first announced when President [read more]Thursday, 17 September 2009 | Stephan Trudeau |
| Almost one year ago, British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell announced that the Province would start the environmental assessment process and First Nations consultation on the Northwest Transmission [read more]Thursday, 17 September 2009 | Stephan Trudeau |
| By 2016, U.S. automakers may be required to raise the fuel efficiency of their vehicles to a fleet-wide average to 35.5 miles per gallon while lowering CO2 emissions intensity to a fleet-wide average [read more]Wednesday, 16 September 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| The Premiers of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba held a joint cabinet meeting in Calgary on September 11, 2009. During the meetings, the provinces signed two key agreements, including a Memorandum [read more]Sunday, 13 September 2009 |
| Early this week, we reported on federal Environment Minsiter Jim Prenctice's cross-country tour to discuss his plans for federal climate change regulations. That tour hit Toronto this week, but [read more]Friday, 11 September 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| The federal government has committed to releasing a comprehensive plan for addressing climate change in advance of the meeting in Copenhagen at the end of this year. The Toronto Star reports that [read more]Tuesday, 8 September 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| Last week, Ontario announced the early closure of 4 of OPG's coal-fired generating units. The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure described the announcement as the first of its 10 steps to "transi [read more]Tuesday, 8 September 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| Ireland's Commission on Taxation published a report this morning which recommends a carbon tax on fossil fuels of 20 euros per tonne. The report contains 250 recommendations, including the introduction [read more]Monday, 7 September 2009 | Jennifer Cleall |
| Ontario's Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure announced today that OPG will close four of the province's coal-fired generating units in 2010, well ahead of the 2014 deadline for phasing [read more]Thursday, 3 September 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| McKinsey & Company, a consultancy, recently released a report calling on China and the US to work together to create new cleantech industries that will help address climate change. Given the scale [read more]Thursday, 3 September 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| The attorney generals of California, Arizona, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Delaware wrote to the Senate this week asking that their states be permitted to enforce their own emissions regulations. [read more]Wednesday, 2 September 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| Submitted by Grant Boyle, Articled Student, Vancouver
On August 31 the Pacific Carbon Trust announced it will issue a general Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for carbon offsets in September 2009 [read more]Monday, 31 August 2009 |
| On Monday, August 24 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the selection of 19 projects to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of carbon dioxide (CO2) [read more]Friday, 28 August 2009 | Stephan Trudeau |
| India's Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, announced an ambitious new energy efficiency initiative for his country. The "National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency" is intended [read more]Thursday, 27 August 2009 | Andrew Lord |
| As reported previously, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") is set to conclude that "greenhouse gases in the atmosphere endanger the public health and welfare of current [read more]Wednesday, 26 August 2009 | Andrew Lord |
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