Renewable energy guidance
Need a renewable energy approval under the Environmental Protection Act for a wind, solar or biomass project? Six new draft technical guidance documents have been released for three months’ public comment, to May 30, 2010. See EBR Registry Number 010-9235. Applicants should follow the…
View the post titled Renewable energy guidanceBuilding codes, waterless urinals and rooftop solar
Ontario has finally adopted the regulation that it promised last May, to prevent building codes and 23 other types of rules from blocking geothermal and rooftop solar projects.
View the post titled Building codes, waterless urinals and rooftop solarThe Samsung agreement and access to the grid
The most troubling aspect of the Samsung deal (beside the price) is its impact on the availability of transmission for other renewable energy generators.
View the post titled The Samsung agreement and access to the gridRenewable Energy Approvals
As the Ontario Power Authority grinds through 1022 applications for feed in tariff contracts (plus about 3200 microFits), the Ministry of the Environment is gearing up to process applications for renewable energy approvals. About 91 renewable energy projects have been approved since 2003,…
View the post titled Renewable Energy ApprovalsWood fires, soot and climate change
Soot (black carbon) is not a greenhouse gas, but it is carbon’s accomplice in global warming.
View the post titled Wood fires, soot and climate changeRenewable energy approvals
Dianne spoke this week to a conference on renewable energy infrastructure in Ontario. Renewable Energy approvals, Jan 26 is her presentation. Please let us know what you think!
View the post titled Renewable energy approvalsBig wind projects: New Zealand no, California yes
The New Zealand Environment Court has refused to approve a $2 billion government-owned wind project (176 turbines) in the "outstanding natural landscape of the Lammermoor".
View the post titled Big wind projects: New Zealand no, California yesBragging about a green Toronto
Mayor David Miller is in Copenhagen bragging about Toronto’s green achievements, and (as Chair of the C40, Cities against climate change) has achieved prominent placement of a promotional video. As a Windshare board member, I was proud to see that our turbine is featured in the video. …
View the post titled Bragging about a green TorontoWhat are climate thinkers thinking?
There are many issues at stake in Copenhagen, but the basic science is not.
View the post titled What are climate thinkers thinking?Mind games at Copenhagen
Why has there been so much fuss about the “leaked” document at Copenhagen? After all, there was nothing new or surprising in it: developing countries want richer countries to do all the paying and make all the carbon reductions, not them; developed countries don’t agree. Th…
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