The 24.6kW solar array soaking up early spring sunshine atop the Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation is one of the first renewables projects brought on line by a community group under Ontario's feed-in tariff (FIT).. Having made efficiency improvements recommended in an energy audit about two years ago, the Toronto congregation looked to take the next step. The FIT offered guaranteed, long-term revenues, but the capital costs for solar were still beyond the congregation's means, explains Rick Salay, who chairs its greening committee..
Congregation looks up to a higher power
28 April 2011 22:00 GMT
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25 November 2012 15:52 GMT