Lawyers Eric Bremermann and Matthew Cameron attended the 4th Annual Canadian German Solar PV Conference this past week hosted by the Canadian German Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Kitchener, Ontario. The conference was attended by various developers, manufactures and service providers in the solar and renewable energy market with interests in Canada, Europe and the U.S.
Eric was a panelist in the opening plenary discussion on opportunities and challenges in the Canadian solar market. The panel focused primarily on the Ontario Feed-In Tariff Program and considered the effect of Ontario's Long Term Energy Plan (which forecasts having 10,700 MW of non-hydro renewable power in the supply mix, and 1.5% of the total energy supply from solar, by 2018) on solar power's future in Ontario, the benefits and risks of the FIT Program's domestic content regime and the tremendous opportunity for all industry stakeholders in the development of the projects offered FIT Contracts by the Ontario Power Authority to date.
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