Focus on the Environment: REAPING THE SUN - A primer on the complexities of solar power generation

Ontario power generation has shown it is serious about encouraging solar power generation by doubling its feed-in rates. But rules on domestic content and connectivity costs are not making life easy for the farmer

by PETER ION

Perhaps watching European nations, such as Germany, literally smother their landscape with solar panels whilst maintaining an agricultural surplus has finally triggered a feed-in-electrical tariff for Ontarians that makes some sense.

Better Farming - March 2010