Logicbank Media

THE “GREEN POWER IN ONTARIO” WEBCAST EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED:

I have just been advised that we will have to reschedule the Green Power workshop on Monday and Tuesday of next week because our Spanish guest speakers are unable to leave Spain due to the swine flu. When the World Health Organization increased the alert to level 5, all essential workers, which includes our speakers, were asked not to travel. As soon as the alert level decreases we will work on choosing new dates for the workshop that suits all attendees.

I am sorry for the inconvenience this has caused and thank you for your understanding. Please continue to use the registration form below in order to register your interest. We will inform you of the re-scheduled date and time.

A brief description of the Green Power in Ontario Workshop is below:

Ontario’s Green Energy Act, is widely expected to expand the province’s status as the renewable energy powerhouse of Canada and will become a key engine to develop a strong green economy. Materializing the multiple benefits of the Green Energy Act (i.e. job creation, economic prosperity, carbon reduction, and the protection of the environment) will require new efforts to develop local know-how on key policies and technologies. Currently only a few jurisdictions have had great success in deploying renewables and greening their economies. These jurisdictions have valuable information to share with Ontario including practical lessons that can facilitate the process of shifting to a renewably powered economy.

Amongst the world’s leading renewable energy jurisdictions, Spain has experienced rapid growth in the uptake of renewable systems due to their Feed-in Tariff legislation and also to their advanced smart grid management strategies (i.e. technical and managerial know-how) that has enabled the country to integrate rapidly increasing amounts of renewable power.

This practical workshop will bring to Toronto leading expert practitioners that can discuss the Spanish experience regarding renewable energy development and also reflect on how Ontario’s grid can be powered by renewables so local technological and practical know-how can be developed to manage these resources. The workshop will build upon international renewable energy best practices that can help Ontario become the renewable energy powerhouse of Canada.

We are excited to invite you to watch an exciting LIVE Webcast featuring:

HUGO LUCAS PORTA
IDAE – Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving/Spain
Date: May 4th , 2009 Time: 11:30am-12:30pm

MIGUEL DE LA TORRE RODRIGUEZ
Director of Operations, RED ELÉCTRICA de España, S.A. .

Date: May 5th, 2009 Time: 9:45am- 10:45am

Location: Toronto, Ontario (WORLD WIDE ACCESS)

Event Poster: Green Power Poster

To sign up please fill in and submit the following form on CanREA.ca to register. The Webcast will be fully interactive allowing viewers to pose questions to presenters and follow slide by slide commentary.

This workshop is being generously funded by :

This event has been organized jointly by the Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University and the Sustainable Enterprise Academy at the Schulich School, York University.

Additional funds were generously provided by the Knowledge Mobilization Unit at York University: