Cover Story: SOLAR POWER - The flood of farm applications for power projects becomes ‘a tsunami’

But with the tide of  interest come questions and concerns – about the  backlog of approvals, about new domestic content rules and about what equipment to choose

by Mary Baxter

In 2008, Tilbury-area farmer Bert Rammelaere waited two weeks for the Ontario Power Authority to approve his application to sell solar-generated energy to the province’s electrical grid.

This year, it took the 75-year-old cash cropper two months to obtain the
OPA’s conditional agreement to buy power from a unit he’s installing on another property.  

Better Farming - June/July 2010