Time to stop digging With the input deadline now a full week behind us, there has been little news from the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) on their proposed changes to the Feed-in-Tariff for residential PV ground-mount systems. Resubmit deadline extended The only notice provided by the OPA thus far has been: “The deadline to resubmit microFIT applications has been extended to September 7, 2010, at 5 p.m.” This decision to...

The Intersolar Europe Exhibition this past June posted big attendee and exhibitor numbers. Last week’s Intersolar North America was also well attended, though it is still at a fraction of its European counterpart. Oddly, however, some of the biggest winners thus far in the North American PV market chose not to exhibit at Intersolar North America just as the North American market is poised for substantial growth. At this year’s...

Marketing Ontario Content at Intersolar San Francisco, 15 July 2010 – There has been considerable controversy generated in the aftermath of the recently proposed changes to the Ontario Solar PV Feed-in-Tariff (FIT), just as support for its novel and controversial Domestic Content provisions is growing. The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) held two Public Consultations last week – on July 6 and July 8 – to summarize and discuss its...