OSEA Spring 2008 Newsletter
Our quarterly newsletter is back! A lot has been happening here at OSEA, with our members and in the Community Power sector. Included in this edition are updates on the Community Power Fund, the First Nations Energy Alliance and the Barrie Windcatchers. Read about a renewable energy revolution in Brazil and OSEA's vision for a new policy direction in Ontario modelled on Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act. Download a PDF version here.
Press: Ottawa Blowing Off Major Event? Energy Conference Draws Global Interest, but not Canada's, article by Jennifer Pritchett for the Kingston Whig-Standard
An international wind-energy conference to be held in Kingston next month has attracted support from governments around the world. Canada is not one of them. The Seventh World Wind Energy Conference, to be held at St. Lawrence College June 24-26, is expected to attract as many as 800 delegates and experts from 80 countries. It's the first time the annual event has been held in North America. The Environment Ministry of Germany, the world leader in wind-energy production, has pledged $50,000 for this year's conference. The province of Ontario has promised $100,000. Environment Minister John Gerretsen, who's also MPP for Kingston and the Islands, will present the cheque at St. Lawrence next Friday. John Baird, Canada's Environment Minister, has declined to attend or participate in the conference in any way. [Read More]
Press: A Brazilian Engineer Revolutionizes Rural Power Supply
In his home country of Brazil, Fabio Rosa used a brilliant plan to bring precious power to pump water, provide light and increase agricultural yield. He did this by focusing on critical power needs. Fabio and his colleagues devised a low-cost, lower-voltage single wire system to precisely match the low voltage demand. Fabio went on to install small, affordable solar systems that matched the household demand of off-grid rural families. Originally published in the Ottawa Citizen, this article is reproduced with permission from the author. [Read More]
Press: The Ontario Rural Council Renewable Energy Forum 2007
NEW: TORC Renewable Energy Report now available here.
Bureaucracy, low price barriers to renewable energy, the province is called upon to put more support behind its renewable energy goals. An article in the Ontario Farmer Daily offers an overview of the TORC Renewable Energy Forum held in Stratford on November 6th and 7th. [Read More]
OSEA Fall 2007 Newsletter
Our quarterly newsletter is here! Catch up on what's been happening at OSEA including our new staff, new members and a new website. There are also articles about our new ARTs revision document Renewables Without Limits, the launch of the Community Power Fund and much more. Download a PDF version here.
Press Release: Renewable Energy Sources Bill Filed in Michigan
First Full-Featured Feed Law Introduced in the USA, Prices for Solar & Biogas to Surpass Those in Ontario
September 19th, 2007
Veteran Michigan Assemblywoman Kathleen Law (Dem-23rd District) has submitted the first comprehensive renewable energy feed-in law to an American state legislature.
Assemblywoman Law introduced HB 5218 (2007), the Michigan Renewable Energy Sources Act, Monday, September 17, 2007 in Michigan’s House of Representatives to revive Michigan’s flagging economy and create thousands of new jobs. [Read More]
Press Release: The Ontario Solar Initiative
Solar Initiative to Rival California's Solar Program, 1000 MW Solar PV by 2017
September 5th, 2007
In response to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2007 visit to Toronto, the Ministry of Energy's call for increased renewable generation and the OPA's acknowledgement of the important role of renewable energy in Ontario's future, the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association (OSEA) proposes--the "Ontario Solar Initiative". [Read More]
