Wind and solar power must be backed up by other sources to ensure constant availability.
electricity
September 9, 2024
11:00AM
Fossil fuels provide more than three quarters of all energy consumed in Canada.
May 11, 2023
9:27AM
Solar power generated only 0.82 per cent of Canada’s electricity, and wind another 5.6 per cent.
February 17, 2022
10:29AM
The costs of rare materials needed to create wind turbines and solar panels have risen steadily.
March 25, 2021
9:28AM
The higher carbon tax will cost Ontario more than 86,000 jobs and cause the province’s economy to contract by 1.9 per cent.
July 12, 2019
1:56PM
Ontario has the fastest-growing electricity costs in Canada and among the highest rates in North America.
March 26, 2019
12:00PM
Skyrocketing electricity costs led to 75,000 job losses in Ontario’s manufacturing sector from 2008 to 2015.
January 31, 2018
4:29AM
Bitcoin mining is a computer process that consumes a considerable amount of power.
August 29, 2017
5:00AM
New report examines the U.S. electricity grid.