Featured in Northern hot spot – 11-2010

Northern domestic action

Ontario: The Canadian Province of Ontario, with its FIT program, is considered the draft horse of the North American PV market. A domestic content provision is to keep the value creation within the province. Already dozens of international companies have settled in the province within just a few months. One unanswered question is, however, for how long the high subsidies can be paid, and whether the high price market is, in the long, run competitive.

Randy Tallon is a man of action. Black fleece, bald, a big grin on his face, attentive blue eyes, a quick gait, a strong handshake; and he has a message as well as a mission: “Sault Ste. Marie is the alternative energy capital of North America.” Modesty is spelled differently. But on the way from …

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