Ontario PV market to grow 31% this year, despite delays

The Ontario PV market will reach 368MW this year, up 31% from 2011, according to a market forecast from ClearSky Advisors.

But that's at least 150MW less than the Toronto market research and advisory firm had forecast late last year.

ClearSky cites delays in utility-scale project approvals and new contract awards for the smallest PV projects, stemming from the Ontario government's review of the provincial feed-in tariff. New rules for the FIT that emerged earlier this month have spurred at least one lawsuit from a disgruntled developer that says their pending projects are ineligible as of the changes.

Some approval delays appeared to be clearing in the second quarter, indicating an increase…

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