Ontario’s clean energy projects boost jobs

A combination of solar, wind and other renewable energy sources are contributing to Ontario’s economy by creating around 5,000 new jobs. The McGuinty Government’s FiT program has enabled the construction of 25 new large-scale solar and wind projects that will not only bring about healthy employment levels, but will draw massive amounts – an estimated CAD$3 billion – in private-sector investments to the province in areas such as manufacturing facilities.

Although the specifics of these 25 new projects were not disclosed, they will be located in Southwestern Ontario along the Bruce to Milton transmission line, Ontario’s largest transmission project in 20 years. The province’s Green Energy Act set out the goal of creating 50,000 clean energy jobs by the end of 2012, of which over 13,000 jobs have already been created.