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Jan 23, 2013
After months of hard work, the SolarShare team is bleary-eyed but very happy to annouce that the Accelerate! campaign was a great success. Over 100 new members in Peel and York joined our co-op to make new projects in those regions possible. "The SolarShare team and our developer partners hav...
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Jan 22, 2013
SolarShare is delighted to announce our partnership with Bullfrog Power, Canada's 100 per cent green energy provider. Bullfrog will provide project financing for the construction of new SolarShare installations in Ontario, projects that any resident in the province can invest in once they are opera...
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Nov 20, 2012
Regulatory Approval a Win for RE Co-ops The waiting is over! The Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) has officially receipted the SolarShare offering statement. After a long process and more than a year of hard work, the Co-op is now approved to accept larger 5-year bo...
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Aug 30, 2012
When dad runs a solar company, it's never too soon to try solar on for size. Especially if it's size Teensy and comes with a tutu. Emma Knapp became a SolarShare member at age 1 week when her father, Andy Knapp of Moose Power (a developer partner of SolarShare) decided to buy a bond in her na...
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Aug 27, 2012
BEFORE AFTER Located in St. Catherine's, Ontario, construction on this new SolarShare project is well under way. A previously unused commercial rooftop on Ontario Street is now covered with this beautiful solar installation and will soon provide clean electricity for the good people of St. Cat...
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Aug 22, 2012
The long awaited revised Feed-in Tariff (FIT) Program rules (known as FIT 2.0) were finally released on August 10th. While SolarShare is pleased with the new concessions for community power co-ops like ours, there are also new criteria to comply with which pose new challenges. We'll need the help of...
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Jul 31, 2012
Debates over land-use, energy prices and the effectives of renewable energy have been a challenge for Ontario’s Green Energy Act and Feed-in-Tariff program. With these struggles at the forefront of green energy news, an innovation developed by Ontario citizens to engage more communities in r...
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Jul 20, 2012
Posted by Earth & Money 17 July 2012 Is it possible to invest in a sustainable and ethical fashion that promotes environmental health and a better world without resorting to mutual funds, or some other packaged investment? With the advent of community bonds, it is. What are Community Bo...
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Jun 25, 2012
Over fifty members joined the board of directors for important business updates, exciting project announcements, and an entertaining social gathering at the first SolarShare Annual General Meeting. A few messages were unanimous from the presenters – that we are unique, we are proud, and...
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Jun 12, 2012
SolarShare was invited to the Solar Open house at Agricola Lutheran Church last week and we were inspired by the multi-faith organizations present and their commitment to address climate change. We helped answer some of the flurry of questions from groups hoping to develop their own solar projects...
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