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In 2009, Ontario was the third largest market for solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in North America, with 48MW installed, according to a report by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC). The Canadian Solar Industry Association (CanSIA) estimates 100 to 200 MW will be installed in Ontario in 2010. Nearly 100 MW has already been installed, and several large projects, multi-megawatt projects are underway, says CanSIA. Ontario and New Jersey are neck and neck for the number two slot in the North American solar PV market for installations in 2010.
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Wind power in PEI will receive funding to further its development in the province. The federal government will spend up to $12 million over five years to help the Wind Energy Institute of Canada construct and operate a nine to 10 megawatt wind turbine cluster and electricity storage system. Nearly 21% of the province's power would come from renewable sources once the project is complete.
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Acciona announced the production of a new wind farm in Canada; the Lamèque Wind Power Project will be located in Lamèque Island over the Atlantic coast of Canada. The farm is expected to have 30, 1.5 MW wind turbines. The wind farm erected with an investment of over $115 million is expected to provide unremitting clean power to 8000 homes in the vicinity. The minister while concluding said that the announcement is an indication of the government's commitment to provide clean and renewable power. He added that the Lameque wind farm while providing clean energy is also helping to initiate quality jobs in renewable energy sector.
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Netherlands-based Olthoff Wind Group BV (OWG) and Canada-based Aeolus Consulting Ltd. have created Ovento Canada Ltd. in Toronto to provide technical and financial support and asset-management services to wind farm developers and investors in Canada and the U.S.
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Canada announced goals to generate 1,400 new full time green collar positions at Ontario's first turbine blade and solar module manufacturing plants. The province of Ontario is encouraging green energy investments such as wind and solar through its Green Energy Act which was passed in 2009. For example, the wind turbine and blade manufacturing plant will be built by Siemens and Samsung and is expected to produce 900 direct and indirect jobs in the green sector. Meanwhile, Canadian Solar Inc. will be elsewhere in Toronto which will generate additional 500 green jobs.
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The province's first-ever wind turbine blade manufacturing plant and a new solar module manufacturing facility will serve Ontario's growing clean, green energy industry and create up to 1,400 jobs. Companies that want to secure clean energy Feed-in Tariff (FIT) contracts must use Ontario products and services for a specific percentage of their project. The 694 clean energy contracts already announced are expected to create approximately 20,000 direct and indirect green economy jobs over five years and about $9 billion in private sector investment.
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Germany's Siemens AG will build wind turbines to supply as much as 600 megawatts of energy for the province of Ontario under an agreement reached with Samsung C&T. As part of the deal, Siemens will set up Ontario's first turbine blade factory. The establishment of the plant is a key milestone in the province's plan to create 50,000 jobs and become a clean energy hub in North America. Siemens said the agreement with Samsung and its partner, Pattern Energy, will create 300 jobs and an additional 600 construction and indirect service jobs.
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Austria-based Fronius International GmbH plans to establish a production site for solar inverters in Mississauga, Ontario. The company expects that the factory will be brought on line at the end of the first quarter of 2011 and will create about 100 long-term jobs in the region. In 2011, the company will produce inverters with a total capacity of up to 50 MW, initially focusing on grid-connected Fronius IG Plus inverters, which are designed for residential systems and commercial systems up to 250 kW.
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ACCIONA said it will move forward with construction work on its 45 MW capacity windpark in Lamèque, in New Brunswick. The project will represent an investment of $115 million. ACCIONA will sell the power produced by the windpark to the utility New Brunswick Power under a 25-year contract. ACCIONA Energy already has three windparks in Canada totaling 136 MW with local partners Suncor and Enbridge.
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GDF Suez has opened the Caribou Wind Park in Bathurst, New Brunswick. The Caribou Wind Park, which represents an investment of $200 million, is home to 33 turbines capable of producing 99MW of electricity, enough to power more than 19,000 households each day.
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Renovalia Energy SA, the Spanish solar and wind power producer said it plans a $258 million wind park in Alberta. The facility will have an electricity generating capacity of 120 megawatts, and construction will begin the first quarter of 2011, Renovalia said.
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New Jersey-based Nautilus Solar Energy has expanded its operations in Ontario, Canada, with the formation of Nautilus Solar Canada that has an initial portfolio of 2.75MW AC of rooftop projects under contract from the Ontario Power Authority. Nautilus is also partnering with Bright Power, an Ontario-based solar developer, to develop and finance 10MW of rooftop solar projects in Ontario in 2010.
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According to a recent Ernst & Young's survey, Canada ranks as the ninth most attractive location in which to invest in renewable energy projects. "Canada is holding firm while some others have slipped in an uncertain economic and regulatory environment," said Stephen Lewis, leader of Ernst & Young's Renewable Energy Advisory practice in Canada.
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Asola, the German affiliate of Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, has announced a joint venture manufacturing plant in Ontario, Canada, to enable production and distribution of solar modules in Canada. The Canadian partner, Evergreen Power, is a developer of renewable energy projects. The planned initial production capacity is 30MW per year of solar modules with a potential to generate revenues in excess of $60 million annually.
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The Nova Scotia government and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Inc. have finalized a deal to build a wind turbine plant at the former TrentonWorks railcar factory. The government says 120 staff are expected to be hired within the plant's first year and up to 500 could be employed within three years.
