The Ontario government just threw the future of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. into further doubt yesterday when energy minister George Smitherman announced the province will not proceed with the purchase of new nuclear reactors, at least for the time being.

Image is everything, and that applies to renewable energy, too. The entire industry is premised on being clean and environmentally friendly, and so it's not an insignificant public relations problem for wind power producers that turbines kill hundreds of bats and birds each year. But now a new report proposes ...

Toronto-based company Everbrite Solar came out of nowhere yesterday to announce plans to build a $500-million thin-film solar manufacturing facility in Kingston, Ont. The plant’s construction, if it’s indeed completed, is significant. Solar manufacturers are next to non-existent in Canada, and Everbrite’s facility would be the first thin-film plant in ...