Feed-In Tariff Forum – Day 1
April 16th, 2012
The third annual Feed-In Tariff (FIT) Forum began April 3rd and featured speakers from government, industry associations, financial institutions, and developers. All technologies featured in the FIT program were represented at the Forum, which focused largely on the recent review and recommendations of the FIT program in Ontario. I attended the event, on behalf of [...]
Ontario Moves to Ease Concerns About Feed In Tariff Contracts
August 3rd, 2011
Ontario’s Ministry of Energy released a directive on Tuesday that will make it more difficult for Ontario Power Authority (OPA) to cancel contracts signed under the Feed in Tariff (FIT) program. This reaction from the Ontario government seems to be in response to industry uncertainty prompted by Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak’s election platform to cancel the FIT program as well [...]
$344.5 million MaRS Discovery District Expansion Receives Funding
July 27th, 2011
Ontario Minister of Research and Innovation Glen Murray announced on Tuesday that the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto will receive a $23.3 million loan from Infrastructure Ontario to complete the development of Phase two of its expansion. According to MaRS CEO Ilse Treurnicht “the MaRS Centre has been at capacity since it opened six years ago, [...]
