The components of Ontario’s Green Energy Act include:
Domestic content requirements, which would ensure at least 25% of wind projects and 50% of solar projects be produced in Ontario — requirements for solar will increase by January 1, 2011 and wind will increase by January 1, 2012.
A streamlined approvals process and a service guarantee to bring developers greater certainty.
Regulations for setting wind turbines certain distances from houses, roadways and property lines.
A new Ontario Renewable Energy Facilitation Office — a one-stop shop to help renewable energy projects get off the ground faster.
More than 50,000 direct and indirect jobs will be created under the Act. Investments in new renewable energy projects already in place or under construction in Ontario since 2003 exceed $4 billion.
