Province Of Ontario New Green Energy Act Said To Create Thousands Of New Jobs

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Dave Forde
Published: October 13, 2009Posted in: FundingTags:

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jobsThe Province of Ontario is stepping up their game and preparing to deliver thousands of new jobs as part of the new green economy under Ontario’s Green Energy Act.

Ontario’s new regulations provide a stable investment environment where companies know what the rules are — giving them the confidence to invest in Ontario, hire workers, and produce and sell renewable energy.

What The Ontario Green Energy Act Will Deliver

  • A Feed-In-Tariff program, which allows individuals and companies to sell renewable energy — like solar, wind, water, biomass, biogas and landfill gas — into the grid at set rates.
  • Domestic content requirements, which would ensure at least 25 per cent of wind projects and 50 per cent of solar projects be produced in Ontario — requirements for solar will increase by January 1, 2011 and wind will increase by January 1, 2012.
  • A streamlined approvals process and a service guarantee to bring developers greater certainty.
  • Regulations for setting wind turbines certain distances from houses, roadways and property lines.
  • A new Ontario Renewable Energy Facilitation Office — a one-stop shop to help renewable energy projects get off the ground faster.

“Ontario has taken the lead in Canada and set the ground rules for doing green business. Now investors, renewable energy companies and skilled workers can really move our green economy forward,” said Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario.



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Dave "The Connector" Forde has been involved in the technology industry across Canada for over 10 years in sales and marketing roles. Part of my passion is to connect people and help to grow businesses. Chair of Toronto Tech Week and an Advisory Member for ICT Toronto and Founder of Toronto Tech Week. Dave also ran the largest association for Internet Marketing & Advertising professionals with over 7,000 members in Canada, then launched Profectio. Shortly after that he launched PR In Canada as the voice of the public relations industry in Canada. Over the years he has also spoken at a number of industry events and been a judge for a number of competitions across Canada. He has also often been called upon to help assist and advising start ups and business with their go to market strategy strategy.