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Promis in g Practic es Commu P r om i A local Kanata couple, Bob and S Gregory, provide an excellent exa benefits of taking advantage of the year) contracts available with the O Authority. Under the micro Feed-In (microFIT) Program, they are recei cents p er k ilo wat t-hour for their s ol The microFIT Program has succes encouraged solar energy productio indiv iduals and c ommuni ties acros their 10 acre property (rocky and a useless fiel d) o n Kerw in R oad in ru couple have installed a rare tracker consisting of 52 solar panels on a tracker. The reasoning behind this si mple: the economic s an d the ch a environmentally friendly. “We are retired and it helps as an a pensio n. It look ed like we would no deal o f di ff icul ty pr oducin g so mewh of $1 2-15,000 a year, ” said Bob. H checks on his ‘baby’ every day and as a ‘neat and fun concept.’ 1 Suzanne highlights the benefits of renewab le energy: “I t’ s fun to go gr Individuals lead t ity Energy Network of Eastern Ontario i n g P r ac Individuals zanne ple of the long term (20 ntario Power Tariff ving 80.2 r electricity. fully by Ontario. At riculturally al Kanata, the system single axis roject is quite ce to be ddition to the have a great ere in the area says he thinks of it all reating en. I have a grandson and we want him to by going green, it does help,” little way of achieving a better that generation.” By producing roughly 84 kilow energy a day sin ce Augu st 19 72, 612 pounds of carbon bein atmosphere. 2 Other renewable e lectricity pr under the feed-i n tariff (pr ogr a than 10 kilowatts). Take for ex farming brothers, Paul and Fr produce renewable electric manure on their farm near Fo minutes west of downtown Ott metre manure digester and m gene rator install ed in 20 03, th their hy dro bill to a remarkabl $2, 500. The sy ste m generate kil owatt hours ev ery day whic enough electricity to power 30 The justi ficati on for i nvest ing i requir ing mo re mo ney t o insta than solar (11 cents compare clear to the Klaesis: “… the e itself i n less than 10 y ears, re greenhouse gas emissions." 4 Also, this proje ct h as b een gai Mi ni st ry of the E nv ir onment a Agriculture and other Eastern been given tours to s ee how t manure pay (a minimum of 70 well as some technical unders Don Hilborn, a Ministry of Agri giv es even more reason for th e way on renewable ene May 2011 ices have a better world and said Suzanne. “It’s our world for all the kids of atts of renewable , 2010, they have saved g pumped into the jects are made possible m for projects larger ample, two dairy itz Klaesi, who power from cattle rrester Falls, just 90 awa. Using a 500-cubic thane-powered e brothers have shrunk $30 a month from approximately 750 translates into roughly homes. 3 this system, while ll and with less return to solars’ 80), was uipment will pay for uce waste and ning attention from the d the Minister of Ontario farmers have ey too can make animals is required as tanding). culture spokesman is project, saying that gy projects
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A local Kanata couple, Bob and SGregory, provide an excellent exabenefits of taking advantage of theyear) contracts available with the OAuthority. Under the micro Feed-In(microFIT) Program, they are receicents per kilowatt-hour for their sol
The microFIT Program has succesencouraged solar energy productioindividuals and communities acrostheir 10 acre property (rocky and auseless field) on Kerwin Road in rucouple have installed a rare trackerconsisting of 52 solar panels on atracker. The reasoning behind thissimple: the economics and the chaenvironmentally friendly.
“We are retired and it helps as an apension. It looked like we would nodeal of difficulty producing somewhof $12-15,000 a year,” said Bob. Hchecks on his ‘baby’ every day andas a ‘neat and fun concept.’ 1
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By producing roughly 84 kilowenergy a day since August 1972,612 pounds of carbon beinatmosphere.2
Other renewable electricity prunder the feed-in tariff (prograthan 10 kilowatts). Take for exfarming brothers, Paul and Frproduce renewable electricmanure on their farm near Fominutes west of downtown Ottmetre manure digester and mgenerator installed in 2003, ththeir hydro bill to a remarkabl$2,500. The system generatekilowatt hours every day whicenough electricity to power 30
The justification for investing irequiring more money to instathan solar (11 cents compareclear to the Klaesis: “… the eitself in less than 10 years, regreenhouse gas emissions."4
Also, this project has been gaiMinistry of the Environment aAgriculture and other Easternbeen given tours to see how tmanure pay (a minimum of 70well as some technical unders Don Hilborn, a Ministry of Agrigives even more reason for th
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Promising Practices Community Energy Network of Eastern Ontario May 2011
The solar system on the Gerbis home in Ottawa.
they “produce renewable power reliably, eliminatemost pathogens from manure, cut odour by 90percent and reduce the waste going to landfill sites.”5
For those individuals who don’t own large parcels ofland in rural spaces, however, there are examples ofurban, residential transformations to renewableenergy. Mike Gerbis, the CEO of The Delphi Group,demonstrates this with his decision to install a solarphotovoltaic (PV) system with the help of OttawaSolar Power on his own residence in Ottawa. Thesystem is expected to generate about 4,580 kilowatthours annually for the next 20 years and with a setrate of 80.2 cents per kilowatt hour given by themicroFIT Program, this means revenue ofapproximately $3,700 per year. Mike’s reasoning:“I’m raising awareness in the neighbourhood whilegenerating clean energy and financial return… onceinstalled it’s so simple, you forget that it’s even upthere.”6
References:
1 Menova Energy Inc. “North Shore Power Group andMenova Energy announce Ontario's first municipal Micro-FIT solar programme in Blind River ON.” Press release. 16July 2010. http://smr.newswire.ca/en/menova-energy-inc/north-shore-power-group-and-menova-energy-announce . Accessed March 2011.2 Ibid.3 “Cattle power energizes Ontario Hydro.” 4 May 2006.Ottawa Citizen. www.farm-energy.ca/IReF/index.php?page=case-studies-klaesi-ottcit .Accessed March 2011.4 Ibid.5 Ibid.6 Delphi Group. “1000 Solar Rooftops: Going Solar in theOttawa Area.” Website text.www.delphi.ca/documents/uploads/Solar_Success_Story.pdf . Accessed March 2011.
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