Solar thermal heating up in Toronto Canada

It's been a long time coming. Until recently, the wind industry has received most of the support in this country as the premier renewable-energy option, coming in the form of policies, incentives or private investment.

Solar has been the poor cousin, always there and supportive of wind, always mentioned alongside other renewables, always the sexy headline-grabber, but lacking any lobby power and rarely taken seriously in political circles as an alternative energy worth backing with funds.

That began to change last year, at least in Ontario, after the province began accepting applications for its standard offer program, which pays 42 cents for every kilowatt-hour of clean electricity that comes from small solar projects...

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