Natural Resources committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. McLeod. I would follow up with the committee with further information on that. My comments in my opening remarks were largely with reference to the need to work with industry to focus on programs, design, and implementation. I'd be pleased to br

Natural Resources committee  Within solar industry, we're seeing continued refinements of its existing technologies, driving down manufacturing costs and improving performance. A lot of potential exists within improving what we already have. A number of new photovoltaic materials are in the early stages of

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Cannings. I think to make it brief, a lot of investments in our electricity distribution infrastructure are heavily regulated with the public interest in mind. Quite frequently that leads to managing costs in the short term, potentially at the risk and expense of

Natural Resources committee  That's correct, Mr. Cannings. Canada had a number of tax measures intended to attract investment in renewable energy, including accelerated depreciation and other ways for junior development companies to offset development expenses. They pale in contrast to what is in existence

Natural Resources committee  At the utility scale, the largest scale, we see a time in the next few years when it will be competitive on costs with new natural gas and new wind, for example. Literally it's as good as here now, today. At smaller scales, we're a few years out for commercial and maybe five, se

Natural Resources committee  Canada has three of the most highly automated module manufacturers in North America. The United States also has several, and then Asia and Germany would make up the remainder of the module manufacturing. Canada's manufacturers are very high quality and display a number of competi

Natural Resources committee  They are in Ontario at this time.

Natural Resources committee  It's a very important question that the industry is dealing with globally. Germany is one of the key markets that's been installing at scale for many years, and it's beginning to come to a stage where there are large volumes of modules being decommissioned. In Canada we expect it

Natural Resources committee  There are some materials that are hazardous. It depends on the module type used. For most modules, it's not negligible—because it's important that we deal with this appropriately—but it is quite insignificant. Some types of modules, for instance, use cadmium telluride. It is impo

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Tan. I think the crux of the answer is the rate at which our costs are declining, and as a result of that there will be reduced need for subsidies in the future. In 2009, when Canada began with the utility-scale solar, for example, prices were in excess of $400 pe

Natural Resources committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and committee members. First, I want to thank you for inviting me to speak here today. I also want to thank the clerk for his excellent work. My name is Patrick Bateman, and I'm the director of policy and market development at the Canadian Solar Indus

Finance committee  We would be pleased to provide that to the committee at a later date.

Finance committee  Within the Ontario photovoltaic industry in 2011, the figure is 8,200. Within the rest of the country, we could expect something in the region of 2,000 individuals.

Finance committee  That's correct. The Ontario program is the most comprehensive of all policy frameworks within Canada today.

Finance committee  That's correct. It's the most attractive.