Ontario

THE Green Energy Act Alliance, an association of organizations and individuals, recently released Faces of Transformation, which describes how Ontario’s Green Energy & Green Economy Act is rejuvenating Ontario’s economy and helping to close polluting coal plants.

The report suggests that Ontario’s feed-in tariff (FIT) system, which favours the use of green energy, is North America’s most successful renewable energy program. And with 143 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems installed in 2010, Paul Gipe reports that Ontario took second place in solar photovoltaic rankings, second only to California.

“Ontario is a clean energy success story,” says Rick Smith, executive director of Environmental Defence, a key Alliance member...