April 27, 2012 - Aecon Group Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Miwel Construction Ltd., has been awarded a contract by Northland Power to construct six 10-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) generation projects in Ontario.

April 25, 2012 - JCM Capital has launched a $10-million solar development capital fund that will invest in early-stage photovoltaic (PV) projects installed on large commercial and industrial buildings across Ontario, leveraging the province’s Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) program.

April 17, 2012 - Today, Canadian Solar Inc. and SkyPower Ltd. entered into a purchase and international joint venture agreement, which creates a team “comprising one of the world’s largest solar companies and Canada’s largest owner and developer of solar projects” to build and deploy solar energy solutions in Ontario, and jointly develop solar projects internationally in “select emerging markets”.

April 5, 2012 - Talk about some honest discussions. EBMag's associate editor Alyssa Dalton was in Toronto this week tweeting live from the third annual Ontario Feed-In Tariff Forum. Running from April 3-4, the extremely timely event brought together FIT contract holders, developers, manufacturers, suppliers and government to discuss the state of the renewable energy sector approximately two weeks after FIT 2.0 was released. While some individuals were more optimistic than others, the overwhelming consensus noted the need for increased communication, transparency and a united industry voice. This gallery contains photos from some panel discussions and exhibitor booths. (Photos A. Dalton)

March 6, 2012 - Registration for CanSIA's Solar Ontario 2012 annual regional conference and tradeshow– "Ontario's largest and most influential solar industry event"– is now open! The event will be held May 14-15 in London, Ont., and EBMag will be there reporting LIVE.

January 27, 2012 - Confused by Ontario’s Feed-in-Tariff Program? Wonder no more, and make plans to attend the Ontario Feed-in Tariff Forum (April 3-4, Toronto, Ont.), of which Electrical Business is a proud partner.

January 17, 2012 - Now available in Canada, Power-One describes its Aurora 10/12kW three-phase inverter with a 600 VAC output as ideal for the Ontario Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) program. Designed for commercial use, the 10/12kW is unique in its ability to optimize the performance of a photovoltaic (PV) system, especially during periods of variable weather conditions, it explains, adding that it features two independent MPPTs, fast and precise maximum power-point tracking, and efficiency ratings that result in the highest possible design flexibility and energy harvest for any size system.

POWER-ONE

EBMag’s associate editor Alyssa Dalton was there on December 6, 2011, when SMTC Corp. and Enecsys Ltd. officially announced their partnership to produce Enecsys micro inverters for the Canadian market at SMTC’s Markham, Ont., facility, which qualifies for Ontario’s Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program by meeting the domestic content requirement.

December 28, 2011 - Sungrow Canada and Sustainable Energy Technologies have introduced their new Sungrow-Sunergy hybrid PV inverter geared towards the commercial rooftop market, which claims to address any rooftop size larger than 100kW and offer significant performance and design advantages over other central PV inverters. According to the companies, these advantages include the ability to easily match AC nameplate rating to any array size and shade tolerant solutions to maximize utilization of available rooftop space. The Ontario Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) Compliant inverter debuted at CanSIA’s Solar Canada 2011 in Toronto, Ont., earlier this month, which EBMag attended.

SUNGROW CANADA INC.

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

December 22, 2011 - Silfab Ontario and Sunny Day Energy have entered into an agreement to supply approximately 5 MWp of domestic content modules, for the latter will install at different commercial rooftop projects in the Greater Toronto Area, ranging in size between 200 and 500 KWp.