Tag: minister of energy

  • Hurricane Sandy-Ontario Outages Update: Thousands of Canadians Still Without Power

    This video presents “Hurricane Sandy moves into Canada”: “Strong winds and rain have hit Ontario and Quebec in Canada Tuesday as super storm Sandy churns its way north The storm began to batter the areas Monday night, knocking down trees and power lines It has left 200,000 people in Southern Ontario and western Quebec without…

  • Hurricane Sandy Update: 800 Outages in Ontario Affecting About 150,000 Canadians

    This video presents “Hurricane Sandy Rochester New York Lake Ontario”: Emergency Management Ontario: Informs us that cordless phones do not work when the power is out One should have at least one phone that does not require electricity to operate Provides up-to-date info regarding: Road closures Traffic reports Viewing real-time road conditions via traffic cameras…

  • BIG BECKY Boring Phase is Now Completed for the Niagara Tunnel Project

    How awesome! The most incredible boring story in the world is the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM)  in the Niagara Tunnel Project which started in 2005 and will be completed in 2013. The hot headline in the news is that the boring (excavation) has stopped in the Niagara Tunnel yesterday, May 13, 2011: “The TBM affectionately…

  • Ontario’s Smart Grid Gives You Greater Control of Your Home Electricity Use & Costs

    Soon, Smart Grid technology in Ontario, Canada, will bring from the supplier to you the electricity which you can conveniently control its use and cost in your home via two-way digital communications. Here are the electrifying benefits of the Smart Grid coming to every dwelling in Ontario: Families and businesses will get more control over…

  • Clean Energy Transformation of Ontario Schools This Fall

    This fall in Ontario, our schoolchildren will enter cleaner, greener and more sustainable schools (126 schools) which, by that time, will be powered by cleaner and renewable sources of energy, like solar, wind and geothermal. Our children will enjoy a healthier learning environment because using renewable energy will help schools reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.…

  • Renewable Energy Projects in Ontario’s Schools

    Ontario, Canada: Newsroom Media Advisory Ontario Schools Benefiting from Renewable Energy April 20, 2011 Leona Dombrowsky, Minister of Education, and Brad Duguid, Minister of Energy, will visit Ontario Electrical Construction Company Limited to announce renewable energy projects in Ontario’s schools. Date: April 21, 2011

  • Creating Clean Energy Jobs to Build Industrial-Size Solar Inverters

    The Clean Energy Economy is blooming this spring since up to 200 new solar manufacturing jobs are created as Samsung C&T Corp. and SMA Solar Technology AG have partnered to build industrial-size solar inverters at Celestica’s facilities in Toronto. These exciting solar inverters are electric devices that convert energy produced in solar panels into power…