{"id":1257,"date":"2009-09-29T08:15:53","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T12:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=1257"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:53:19","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:53:19","slug":"ontario-introduces-renewable-energy-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/ontario-introduces-renewable-energy-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario introduces renewable energy act"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ontario is already the Canadian leader in wind energy, producing enough electricity to power more than 300,000 homes. But the region wants to become a North American leader in renewable energy and has introduced a Green Energy Act to create 50,000 direct and indirect jobs in the new green economy.
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\nThe components of the Green Act include a feed-In-Tariff program, which allows individuals and companies to sell renewable energy into the grid at set rates; domestic content requirements, which would ensure at least 25 per cent of wind projects and 50 per cent of solar projects be produced in Ontario; a streamlined approvals process and a service guarantee to bring developers greater certainty, regulations for setting wind turbines certain distances from houses, roadways and property lines; and a new Ontario Renewable Energy Facilitation Office, described as a one-stop shop to help renewable energy projects get off the ground faster.
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The province hopes that the new regulations will give provide more clarity to companies, boost investor confidence and help Ontario achieve its goal of eliminating coal-fired power by 2014. Investments in new renewable energy projects already in place or under construction in the region since 2003 exceed $4 billion.
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