Ontario – The Ontario government is moving forward with building Highway 413 by completing 90 per cent of the preliminary design work, which gives greater certainty on the preferred alignment of the highway. The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has refined its Focused Analysis Area (FAA), a zone around the preferred route to reflect which lands are not likely to be …
TILBURY – The Ontario government unveiled a new battery storage project in southwestern Ontario that will provide reliable and affordable clean energy to families and businesses. Once built, the Tilbury Battery Storage Project will store 80 megawatts of power equivalent to powering 80,000 thousand homes. Walpole Island First Nation has partnered with Boralex to advance this project, which will begin construction later this year …
New energy infrastructure will power new homes, businesses, transit and electrification TORONTO – The Government of Ontario and City of Toronto are working together to plan for the city’s growing electricity needs, driven by the work both governments are doing to build new homes, transit and attract new investments. “Building new electricity infrastructure, especially in a busy and growing city like …
Program will leverage new technologies to make province’s electricity grid more efficient TORONTO – The Ontario government is building the grid of the future by launching a new round of the Grid Innovation Fund which will invest $9.5 million to support projects that will make the province’s electricity system more efficient. This year’s funding will be focused on transportation and heating and cooling, …
Funding will increase capacity and help build new clean energy projects to keep costs down TORONTO – The Ontario government is building more clean energy projects to reduce electricity costs in Indigenous communities by increasing funding for the province’s Indigenous Energy Support Programs by $5 million, bringing the total annual investment to $15 million. 93 projects from across 58 indigenous communities …
Innovative projects will explore opportunities to expand the use of hydrogen as a clean alternative fuel MARKHAM – The Ontario government announced the first six projects that will receive funding through the new Hydrogen Innovation Fund, which will kickstart and develop opportunities for low-carbon hydrogen to serve as a clean fuel while strengthening the province’s reliable, affordable and clean electricity grid. …
Majority of successful projects include 50 per cent Indigenous ownership TORONTO – The Ontario government and the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) have released the detailed results of the province’s first competitive procurement for new reliable, affordable and clean electricity storage and generation. The Expedited Long-Term Request for Proposals (E-LT1) procurement acquired a total of 880 megawatts (MW) of energy storage, with …
Building clean electricity generation, storage and transmission key to meeting energy demands for 2030 and beyond WINDSOR – The Ontario government released the Powering Ontario’s Growth plan, outlining the actions the province is taking to meet the increasing demand for electricity driven by strong economic growth and electrification through the 2030s and 2040s. These actions, which include new zero-emissions electricity generation, long duration …
