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Wind Concerns Ontario asks Ombudsman to look at wind power approval process
Wind Concerns Ontario has sent a letter to the Office of the Ombudsman of Ontario, asking that aspects of the approval process for wind power projects be looked at. The Ombudsman’s office has now had...
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Wind and solar power: the hidden costs
Wind power: not free Here, from Ottawa-based energy-specialist economist Robert Lyman, a quick look at what many people don’t know (and aren’t getting told by the government or the wind power lobby)...
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Wind power: a “wolf in green clothing”
It’s clean, it’s “green,” and it wants your land and your money too Here from The Hill, a US blog for policy-makers, a posting on wind power and the US form of subsidy, the Production Tax Credit. July...
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Achtung Ontario! Renewables are a money pit
Germany, the model for Ontario’s wind and solar developments, now regrets its spending spree Brady Yauch, Financial Post, August 12, 2014 Germany – the country on which Ontario modelled its approach to...
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New wind power contracting process released
The long-awaited resource documents for the new Request for Proposal (RFP) process for Large Renewable Procurement (LRP) were released this week. Wind Concerns Ontario is again undertaking a review of...
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Economist: top 10 reasons why Ontario carbon tax is a bad idea
Here, from energy economist Robert Lyman, a discussion of the recent announcement of a “cap and trade” arrangement for Ontario. Various politicians and academics in Canada have recently called for the...
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Wasted hydro power adds millions to electricity bills
Wind gets first-to-the-grid (which we pay for) meaning spilled or wasted hydro (which we also pay for). [Photo: OPG]OPG spills hydro and $150 million goes “down the drain” OPG released their 2015...
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Ontario suspends large renewable power project bid process
Bids were to be accepted beginning early in 2017. But Ontario now says it has enough power and wants to take steps to reduce electricity bills, so it doesn’t need the new renewable power capacity....
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