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Ontario announced earlier this week that it would be extending its moratorium on offshore wind turbine projects. The province had initially announced the moratorium back in 2011.

In July 2013, the Environmental Review Tribunal revoked the Renewable Energy Approval issued to Gilead Power to develop a nine-turbine, 22.5-megawatt wind power project at Ostrander Point in Prince Edward County.

On March 3, 2011, the Divisional Court of Ontario dismissed an application for judicial review of the minimum setback requirements for large wind energy facilities under Ontario's Renewable Energy Approval (REA) Regulation (O. Reg. 359/09).

The government of Ontario announced yesterday that it is taking a number of actions to make it easier for renewable energy developers to do business in the province.

Following the release of the Government of Ontario’s two-year review of the Feed-in Tariff Program, the Ministry of the Environment has published proposed amendments to the Renewable Energy Approval Regulation and the Environmental Assessment Act.

Earlier this month, the Ontario Ministry of Energy posted two notices about regulatory amendments being proposed to implement the Fair Hydro Plan announced by Premier Wynne.

In an interesting case that has been winding its way through the Ontario Energy Board (OEB), Grand Renewable Wind LP (GRWLP) ― which was formed for the purpose of owning and operating a 153 MW wind facility in Haldimand County ― was exempted from the obligation to obtain a transmitter’s licence for transmission connection facilities it intends to develop and operate to convey its wind generation and solar energy generated by a related company, Grand Renewable Solar LP (GRSLP).

The Ontario government is committed to reducing greenhouse gases by 15% by 2020, 27% by 2030 and 80% by 2050 relative to 1990 levels.

Last November, the Alberta government released its Climate Leadership Plan, setting out the phase-out of coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, to be replaced with two thirds renewable energy generation and one third natural gas generation.

We reported that Hydro-Québec Distribution was postponing the deadline for submission of bids in its latest call for tenders for the purchase of a block of wind power.

Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) provide for the purchase of electricity, usually by a utility or corporation, from an independent power producer (IPP). How will recent cancellations of PPAs...

Will the world's largest atomic fallout exclusion zone one day host the world's largest solar farm?

In a media presentation on January 9 Toronto Hydro described the December 21-22 ice storm that hit the city as "the most disruptive incident" the company had ever faced.

Grand Renewable Wind LP (GRW) has received approval from the Ontario Energy Board to construct a new transmission line and associated facilities for the Grand Renewable Energy Park (GREP) located in Haldimand County.

The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation has released a new report, concluding that wind turbines do not adversely affect the value of nearby properties.

The Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) recently issued its first major decision of a renewable energy approval appeal related to human health concerns since Erickson v Director, Ministry of Environment

On Monday, July 18 the Environmental Review Tribunal delivered its ruling in Erickson v. MOE.

The Grassy Narrows First Nation has won an important legal victory, affecting Ontario lands north of the English River, the "Keewatin Lands".