Ontario wind energy industry surging forward

Samsung, GE and other major international wind turbine manufacturers have found Ontario Canada to be fertile ground for windpower development, so much so that the provincial government has had to temporarily halt applications so it has time to review the flood of existing apps.

After being inundated with over 100 applications representing over 500 projects, Ontario's Ministry of Natural resources has temporarily frozen applications, at least until March 2010:

Ontario halts Great lakes wind energy proposals until March 2010

Central to the Toronto GTA, the Toronto Hydro wind energy development proposal beginning along the Scarboro waterfront will begin with a wind research platform 1.2 kilometres offshore, with construction beginning next week. Toronto Hydro hopes to build 60 wind turbines along a 25 km stretch of Toronto's waterfront, allowing the utility to add emission-free power and the city to make strides towards its global climate change commitments.

Some residents oppose windpower development on Lake Ontario near Toronto