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VAUGHAN, ONTARIO Ontario’s environmental commissioner is demanding that the Ontario Power Authority release the financial case for a cut in the subsidy farmers and small businesses are paid for generating solar power.

“We need the full financial details used to justify this price cut,” Gord Miller said. The move will chop the rate paid for power from ground-mounted solar projects by 27 per cent to 58.8 cents per kilowatt hour from the original offer of 80.2 cents. The 80.2-cent rate will still apply to power from roof-mounted solar installations owned mostly by city dwellers, which is creating an urban/rural split.

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NORTH DAKOTA Google's energy unit has entered into a deal to buy wind power from NextEra Energy Inc for the next 20 years to power data centers.

The deal comes less than three months after the giant Silicon Valley Internet search company invested $38.8 million in two wind farms in North Dakota, developed by NextEra Energy Resources, that generate enough energy to power more than 55,000 homes. (Read more)

WASHINGTON D.C. Two-dozen countries agreed in Washington to launch 11 clean energy initiatives that would promote electric vehicles, solar lanterns, smart power grids, efficient appliances and green building.

At the world's first Clean Energy Ministerial, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the programs will spur economic growth and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. He said they'll eliminate the need to build more than 500 midsize power plants worldwide in the next 20 years.(Read more)