On April 25, NorthBridge held a webinar to examine agricultural trends in Canada, discuss current and past programming available for agri-tech companies, and share updates on the recently announced Sustainable CAP. Since replacing the Canadian Agricultural Partnership on April 1,… Read more »
951 Small FIT Contracts Offered by Ontario Power Authority
Ontario's clean energy economy continues to grow as the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) offers 951 new Small Feed-in Tariff (FIT) renewable energy contracts. In total, these new contracts will add 146.5 megawatts of power, which is more than enough power… Read more »
Reactions to The U.S. Bioeconomy Blueprint: Innovation and concerns loom on the horizon.
The 2012 U.S. National Bioeconomy Blueprint was announced on April 26th with the purpose of assessing strategic objectives to maximise on the U.S. bioeconomy potential and to highlight ongoing efforts to meet those objectives. However, many are concerned that the blueprint predominantly… Read more »
Renewable Energy Incentives: Accelerated Capital Cost Write-offs and Canadian Renewable and Conservation Expenses (CRCE) Program
There is an interesting tax incentive for the renewable energy industry which could compensate for the removal of capital from the SR&ED expenditure base: a category of deductible expenses for companies undertaking project development through the Canadian Renewable and Conservation… Read more »
Toronto Public Forum: North America’s Energy Future, April 18
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has organized a public forum, North America’s Energy Future: Powering a Low-carbon Economy for 2030 and Beyond, through their Joint Public’s advisory Committee with a collection of energy experts from Canada, Mexico and the… Read more »
Ontario FIT Program Amendments Reaffirm Government Commitment
The Ministry of Energy has released the numbers for the anticipated rate reductions in the FIT program. New solar projects will see rate reductions of over 20 percent, wind projects will see 15 percent. The FIT program was launched in 2009… Read more »
Energy News Round-Up
Energy Future Heading North Recent talk in the Canadian energy sector has been pointing to Nunavut as representing “the future of the country’s energy sector” (see Nunatsiaq News and The Globe and Mail). Eva Aariak, Premier of Nunavut, spoke on… Read more »
Growing the Margins- Rural Green Energy & Biogas
Growing the Margins (GTM) recently ran the Canadian Farm and Food Biogas Conference (March 5-6) and Exhibition and the Technology Tour (March 7) throughout the London, Ontario region. The conference and exhibition facilitated inter-industry association collaboration and discussion of hybrid solar / bio solutions. … Read more »
Ontario Insists on Local Content for Renewable Energy
In an interview with Reuters, Energy Minister Chris Bently refused to alter controversial rules that require local content for all projects. The FIT review will be complete by the end of March, and it is expected that cuts will be… Read more »