"Until there are some announcements made about specifics, I don’t really see how anybody knows what the future is going to hold for new large-scale projects. I think this signals a slowing in the pace of procurement of these types of projects. So for developers, I don’t think it’s great news."The entire article can be read at Windpower Monthly
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Ontario is conducting a review of its long-term energy plan this summer, and an energy ministry spokesman said it will be in a position to announce details about its new procurement process and its long-term purchase plans once this is complete.
One thing the new approach will do is give municipalities more control over where turbines are sited, added the spokesman. The wind industry in Ontario has run into sometimes fierce opposition in rural communities that felt sidelined by the current approvals process.
However, Chiarelli has made it clear the new rules will not give them a veto, nor will they apply to the more than 3.1GW of FIT contracts already awarded to wind projects.
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