Ontario Strengthens Support for Aboriginal Renewable Energy

April 27, 2010

Today, the Ontario government announced the official launch of the Aboriginal Energy Partnership Program – which was created as part of the Green Energy Act last year. The program will help Aboriginal communities fund community energy plans, and pre-feasibility and feasibility studies for potential projects. The program compliments other initiatives that support Aboriginal renewable [...]

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Another 2,500 MW of Renewable Energy Awarded FIT Contracts

April 10, 2010

This past Thursday, the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) awarded feed-in tariff (FIT) contracts to another 184 projects, with a total capacity of 2,500 megawatts (MW). The majority of the projects were ground-mounted solar, on-shore wind and mini-hydro, but also included 7 biogas projects. 4 of these were small scale (less then 500 kW) on-farm [...]

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Ontario Community Power Update

April 6, 2010

Some need to know info for community power advocates in Ontario:

The Community Energy Partnership Program will be open to municipalities. The grant program, which was created as part of the Green Energy Act last year and is expected to launch later this month, provides financial assistance to community groups to complete pre-feasibility and feasibility [...]

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Biogas Growth in Ontario Continues at Rapid Pace

March 14, 2010

This past week, the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) awarded a further 510 contracts under the feed-in tariff program, which included 20 biogas plants!
The rapid growth already happening in Ontario biogas has got me excited about the potential over the next 3-5 years. The total number of operating biogas installations in Ontario will grow by 267% [...]

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More Ontario Towns are Making it Official

February 27, 2010

Congratulations to the people of Barrie, Ontario for becoming an official Transition Town in February.
Transition keeps growing
This brings the total number of official Transition Towns in Ontario to 7, a 75% increase since the start of 2010!
More and more Ontario communities are taking the necessary steps to create more resilient places to live, work and [...]

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Transition Towns Update

January 23, 2010

I was recently added to the list of Honorary Friends of Transition Town Peterborough – as a result of the article I contributed to the winter edition of Greenzine and the upcoming Energy Co-op meetup I’m running on March 2 (7-9 pm, Sadleir House, 751 George St North, Peterborough).
There was also more Canadian cities added [...]

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2009: The Fourth Quarter

January 19, 2010

2009 was a milestone year for ReGenerate
A name, a mission, many valuable relationships and a web presence were all established. I attended a number of interesting and fruitful conferences and workshops, published three quarterly reports (which have been great tools to consistently review my progress and goals), and Ontario passed the Green Energy Act – [...]

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Our Fields, Our Future

January 19, 2010

This past week I attended the “Our Fields, Our Future” agricultural symposium in Asphodel-Norwood, Ontario. The symposium was hosted by Kawartha Choice and the Greater Peterborough Economic Development Corporation, and featured speakers from  Trent University, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Farming and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), as well as farmers from Traynor Beef, Glen Isle Farms, [...]

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My goals for 2010

January 16, 2010

I remember reading last week how it already seemed late to post your goals for the upcoming year, and here I am, putting them up on the 16th.  oh well.
That sort of relates to one of my goals for the new year – to post more often. I feel like I’ve been slacking in this [...]

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Real Climate Change is Possible with Biogas

December 6, 2009

As the international community gathers in Copenhagen this week to try and agree on how to fix the world’s climate, I’m left thinking about what I can do to have a positive impact on our future. While I don’t deny political action is necessary to move us forward in this area, my cynicism towards the [...]

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