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Energy
Integrated Energy Systems in Canadian Communities: A Consensus for
Urgent Action
April 2008
This report was produced from the
results of the Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow (QUEST) workshop
held in Ontario during the fall of 2007.
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Towards a Green Power Vision and Strategy for Atlantic Canada
October 2006
This report has been developed to
inform the energy strategy process in the Atlantic Region. Many of the
technologies for capturing power from the wind, sun and geothermal
sources are market ready, but are not being utilized to their full
potential. This report identifies the barriers to green power
development in Atlantic Canada and proposes a framework for building a
green power vision and strategy for the region that encourages the
maximum green power potential to be achieved.
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(563KB)
Maximizing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in British
Columbia
October 2006
This report examines the potential for
enhancing energy efficiency in British Columbia and introduces policy
options to maximize that potential. The focus is on exploring various
policy options that could make BC a world leader in the vitally
important area of sustainable energy management.
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Columbia (367KB)
A Guide to Climate Change for Small- to Medium-sized Enterprises
October 2006
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Pollution Probe are pleased to
publish A Guide to Climate Change for Small- to Medium-sized
Enterprises.
We believe that a thoughtful approach by small- to medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) to dealing with climate change can result in economic
benefits through cost savings and enhanced markets, while protecting
against economic costs and damages to business that may result from
climate instability and global warming.
SMEs can help in the fight against climate change, to the benefit of
people and ecosystems around the globe, and they can pursue new business
opportunities in the challenging times to come.
A Consumer
Guide to Green Power in Canada
April 2006
The Green Power Consumer Guide is
an Internet-based tool that will provide customers with information
about the benefits of green power and information on how they can
purchase electricity with "green attributes". As a web-based product,
the Guide will be updated on a regular basis as new opportunities for
consumer participation become available.
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access The Green Power Consumer Guide
The
Electricity Supply/Demand Gap and the Role of Efficiency and Renewables
in Ontario
March 2006
A report prepared for Pollution
Probe by ICF Consulting.
Primer
on Bioproducts
November 2004
This primer on
Bioproducts is an introduction to biology-based products and processes -
technologies and processes that use plants, micro-organisms and their
products as an alternative (or as a complement) to the fossil fuels and
petrochemicals used in cars, factories and consumer goods.
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Notice
of Motion by Pollution Probe to the Ontario Energy Board
Filed November 12, 2004
Pollution Probe's motion asking the OEB
to make the promotion of energy conservation a profitable course of action
for Ontario's electric utilities effective March 1, 2005.
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this report in PDF format (5.7MB)
A
Green Power Vision and Strategy for Canada
September 2004
A
Green Power Vision and Strategy for Canada is the result of a series of five
workshops held across the country by Pollution Probe and Summerhill
Group. The workshop series, which was held between October 2003 and
April 2004, assessed the potential for Green Power sources, such as
wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, tidal and wave, to meet Canada’s
electricity needs. The series actively engaged more than 300 experts
in Green Power, electricity generation and policy development and
included representatives from government agencies, utilities, the
private sector, academia and non-profit organizations, as well as from
countries that are world leaders in Green Power development.
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this report in PDF format (255KB)
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Report
on the Green Power in Canada Workshop Series
August 2004
Pollution Probe and
Summerhill Group are pleased to present the report of the Green Power in
Canada Workshop Series. It contains a wealth of information on the status
of Green Power in Canada and options for its further development. This
report resulted from five workshops
held across Canada to discuss the requirements for the development and
deployment of Green Power.
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this report in PDF format (3MB)
Pollution
Probe's Submissions With Respect to the January 23, 2004 OEB Staff Report
on Demand-Side Management and Demand Response
February 2004
On January 23, 2004 the
Ontario Energy Board Staff issued their report to the Board: Demand-Side
Management and Demand Response in the Ontario Energy Sectors ("OEB
Staff Report"). The Staff Report made four major recommendations
that are directly contrary to government policy and/or the public
interest.
In this submission Pollution
Probe will explain why the recommendations are contrary and will outline a
properly constituted regulatory framework to encourage the aggressive and
cost-effective promotion of energy conservation and efficiency by Hydro
One and Ontario's municipal utilities.
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this report in PDF format (376KB)
Making
Everyone a Winner: Making Energy Conservation Profitable for Ontario's
Electric Utilities.
January 2004
This report calls on the
Ontario Energy Board to link the profits of Ontario's electric utlities
(e.g., Hydro One, Hydro Ottawa, London Hydro, Toronto Hydro) to their
success at reducing their customers' bills by making them more energy
efficient.
Making
Everyone a Winner is
a joint report of Pollution Probe, the Green Energy Coalition (David
Suzuki Foundation, Energy Action Council of Toronto, Greenpeace Canada,
Sierra Club of Canada), Collingwood Utility Services, Electric City,
Hamilton Utilities Corporation and Oakville Hydro.
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this report in PDF format (465KB)
Primer
on the Technologies of Renewable Energy
October 2003
Pollution Probe is pleased to present this educational primer on renewable
energy technologies. It has been developed to promote greater public
understanding of the potential for shifting Canada's energy generation
sources to cleaner and less greenhouse gas-intensive technologies.
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this report in PDF format (5.0MB)
Version Française (2MB)
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Promoting
Green Power In Canada
November 2002
This report contains an in-depth review
of green power policies in jurisdictions outside Canada. It documents the
successes and failures of green power marketing and incentives, and
explores the implications for Canada
of undertaking similar initiatives here. A number of valuable lessons have
been learned elsewhere in the world, and Canada should take advantage of
the knowledge and experience gained by others as we embark on our own
green power pathways.
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Final
Report of the Pollution Probe Forest Carbon Management Workshop Series
July 2002
Pollution Probe convened a national series of five progressive workshops
on Forest Carbon Management (FCM) over the period of November 2001 to
March 2002. These workshops were intended to improve understanding of FCM
within Canada and to identify associated opportunities and the policies
and infrastructure necessary to capitalize on the effectively. More than
200 individuals representing government, industry, ENGOs, academia,
brokers, traders and consultants participated in the series.
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this report (801KB)
Environmental
Protection in a Competitive Electricity Market in Ontario: Summary Report
May
1999
Pollution
Probe and the Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto
The generation of electricity across North America is evolving from a
utility monopoly-based structure to a deregulated, competitive
marketplace. Electricity is largely a provincially or state-regulated
industry, and various states and provinces are in different stages of the
deregulation process. Unlike the deregulation of other former monopoly
markets, there is potential for the deregulation of the electricity market to result in
significant, negative impacts on human health and the environment. This
report promotes the "3Es" of environmental protection in a
competitive electricity market: Energy efficiency; energy from renewables;
and emission reductions. The report proposes six policy measure that the
Government of Ontario should put in place to implement the 3Es concept (16
pages).
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