E–newsletter

Electricity Conservation on Ontario Farms

The Spring 2008 edition of the Ontario Power Authority’s (OPA) Electricity Conservation on Ontario Farms, a periodic e-newsletter to help Ontario farmers better manage their electricity costs, is now available.

In this issue:

• Read about how building naturally cool barns helped farmers Levi Jantzi and Glen MacArthur save energy, and how the High Performance New Construction program can provide incentives to help you build your own naturally ventilated barn.
• Also included in this issue is an article about how proposed changes to the Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program will benefit farmers, and why the upcoming Clean Energy Standard Offer Program might be of interest to you.

Click here to download the latest issue [4 pages]

 

The archive of previously sent e-newsletters can be found below.

 

Volume 2 Issue 1 - Winter 2008 [3 pages]

• Key financial parameters that farm families should consider before embarking on a renewable energy project. Representative samples of financial data are provided in this issue for both a small-scale solar photovoltaic and biogas project
• European renewable energy technology generates Ontario electricity
• Financial assistance for farmers for anaerobic digesters

 

Volume 1 Issue 9 - November/December 2007 [3 pages]

• European renewable energy technology generates Ontario electricity
• Financial assistance for farmers for anaerobic digesters

 

Volume 1 Issue 8 - October 2007 [3 pages]

• Electricity in the wind
• Conservation pays twice
• Watts & Lumens
• OPA’s Peter Love to speak at Royal Winter Fair
• More energy savings for Ontario farm homes

 

Volume 1 Issue 7 - September 2007 [3 pages]

• Lowering the cost of electricity: a financial strategy
• Readers' survey: What you told us
• Report confirms technology improvements save money

 

Volume 1 Issue 6 - Summer 2007 [2 pages]

• OPA's New Construction Program Will Aid Ontario Farmers
• Natural ventilation barns save thousands of dollars in energy costs

 

Volume 1 Issue 5 - May 2007 [3 pages]

• Harnessing the sun by the 401
• Considering a renewable energy project?
• Delegates hear conservation and generation message

Volume 1 Issue 4 - April 2007 [2 pages]

• Finding energy savings in the farm home
• Electricity efficiency: a way of thinking at Clovermead farms

Volume 1 Issue 3 - March 2007 [2 pages]

• Farm energy audits find 15 percent savings
• Farm energy conference draws world experts
• Applications to sell electrical power grow
• Hydro One expands financial incentives for farmers

Volume 1 Issue 2 - February 2007 [2 pages]

• For sale: Farm-generated electricity
• Anaerobic Digestion and the Standard Offer Program
• Cash incentives for electricity efficiency
• Renewable energy an Ontario farming tradition
• Growing the Margins: Electricity links electricity conservation and farm profitability 

 
Volume 1 Issue 1 - January 2007 [2 pages]

• Financial incentives to boost energy efficiency
• Selling farm-generated power
• Lighting efficiency in the dairy sector