Agree wholeheartedly Bruce. 14 years ago we here in Eastern Ontario near Hawkesbury ) caught wind of a " massive solar " project that was going to take 300 acres of prime agricultural land for a 25 megawatt solar generation project. There was widespread objection to it ( not due to the project itself, but due to the removal of food producing land ), but it was completed anyway. Apparently it was a huge success as it now supplies half of Hawkesbury' s power and supplies a huge goat farm that supplies Greek Yogurt and other products to Loblaws and other food retailers. I only wish that I would have had the funds to get a system as my roofs could probably produce 30 or 40 kilowatts.✌.
Thanks for taking time to comment. A decade or so ago German farmers began installing solar on their farmland - a but higher up. So - they could still farm AND reap solar electric. The news story was how they were now driving fancy cars.
OPG is maintaining their assets by refurbishing their existing units. No big build has been approved. A very very small modular reactor 300 MWe (as stated by CNSC) has been approved and will be built by GE. I don’t think it’s any bigger than the avg department store.
Agree wholeheartedly Bruce. 14 years ago we here in Eastern Ontario near Hawkesbury ) caught wind of a " massive solar " project that was going to take 300 acres of prime agricultural land for a 25 megawatt solar generation project. There was widespread objection to it ( not due to the project itself, but due to the removal of food producing land ), but it was completed anyway. Apparently it was a huge success as it now supplies half of Hawkesbury' s power and supplies a huge goat farm that supplies Greek Yogurt and other products to Loblaws and other food retailers. I only wish that I would have had the funds to get a system as my roofs could probably produce 30 or 40 kilowatts.✌.
Thanks for taking time to comment. A decade or so ago German farmers began installing solar on their farmland - a but higher up. So - they could still farm AND reap solar electric.
The news story was how they were now driving fancy cars.
OPG is maintaining their assets by refurbishing their existing units. No big build has been approved. A very very small modular reactor 300 MWe (as stated by CNSC) has been approved and will be built by GE. I don’t think it’s any bigger than the avg department store.
I think Ontario should build a new Candu Monark. If you have a hammer and you have some nails, use them!