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Below is a reference section for variation groups, organizations, or information packages on many topics pertaining to sustainable energy. This resource is intended as a medium to facilitate finding answers to queries pertaining to sustainable energy in Kingston and surrounding area.
Question:
Which local businesses can assist me with installing solar panels for:
Answer:
- i. Hot Water Heating
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- • Down Under Solar & Electrical
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Phone: (613) 583-0139 Email: info 
downundersolar.caWebsite: www.downundersolar.ca - • Eco Alternative Energy
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Phone: (613) 541-1291 Email: kingston ecoaltenergy.comWebsite: www.ecoaltenergy.com - • Haven Home Climate Care
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Phone: (613) 634-7722 Email: Not Available Website: www.havenhomeclimatecare.ca - • Quantum Renewable Energy
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Phone: (613) 546-2326 Email: info quantumenergy.caWebsite: www.quantumenergy.ca - • Tackaberry Heating & Refridgeration Supplies
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Phone: (613) 549-3320 Email: Not Available Website: www.tackaberry.com - • Renewable Energy of Plum Hollow
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Phone: (613) 544-5575 Email: info renewableenergy.on.caWebsite: www.renewableenergy.on.ca - • Utilities Kingston (Rentals)
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Phone: (613) 546-1181 ext. 2310 Email: Not Available Website: www.utilitieskingston.com/heaters/solar.html
- ii. Generating Clean Power
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- • Down Under Solar & Electrical
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Phone: (613) 583-0139 Email: info downundersolar.caWebsite: www.downundersolar.ca - • Eco Alternative Energy
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Phone: (613) 541-1291 Email: kingston ecoaltenergy.comWebsite: www.ecoaltenergy.com - • Quantum Renewable Energy
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Phone: (613) 546-2326 Email: info quantumenergy.caWebsite: www.quantumenergy.ca - • Renewable Energy of Plum Hollow
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Phone: (613) 544-5575 Email: info renewableenergy.on.caWebsite: www.renewableenergy.on.ca - • Upper Canada Solar Generation
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Phone: (613) 342-9279 Email: info ucsg.caWebsite: www.ucsg.ca/ - • Cleave Energy
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Phone: (613) 476-9260 or (866) 980-9260 Email: robert cleave-energy.comWebsite: http://www.cleave-energy.com/
What utility do I deal with if I want to generate electricity and sell it back to the grid?
Answer:
- i. City of Kingston (Central) Residents
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The old City of Kingston (the central part) is served by SWITCH member Utilities Kingston/Kingston Hydro. If you are in the Utilities Kingston/Kingston Hydro service area you are in luck as they recently won the Electricity Distributers Association's Environmental Excellence Award for their work to enable and facilitate distributed electricity generation within the Kingston Community and throughout the Province of Ontario.
Contact: Stephen Sottile Phone: (613) 546-1181 ext. 2477 Email: ssottile utilitieskingston.comWebsite: www.utilitieskingston.com - i. City of Kingston (East & West) & Surrounding Area
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The new City of Kingston and surrounding area is serviced by Hydro One Networks.
Phone: 1-888-664-9376 Email: CustomerCommunications HydroOneNetworks.comWebsite: www.HydroOneNetworks.com What commercial wind projects have been built or are planned for the Kingston region?
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Who installs geothermal heating and cooling systems in the Kingston area?
Answer:
- • Haven Home Climate Care
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Member Link: Have Home Climate Care Phone: (613) 634-7722 Email: Not Available Website: www.havenhomeclimatecare.ca - • Tackaberry Heating & Refrigeration Supplies
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Member Link: Tackaberry Heating & Refrigeration Supplies Phone: (613) 549-3320 Email: Not Available Website: www.tackaberry.com Which local businesses can help me reduce greenhouse gases by using an EPA certified wood stove to heat my home?
Answer:
- • Haven Home Climate Care
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Member Link: Have Home Climate Care Phone: (613) 634-7722 Email: Not Available Website: www.havenhomeclimatecare.ca - • Tackaberry Heating & Refrigeration Supplies
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Member Link: Tackaberry Heating & Refrigeration Supplies Phone: (613) 549-3320 Email: Not Available Website: www.tackaberry.com - • Renewable Energy of Plum Hollow
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Member Link: Renewable Energy of Plum Hollow Phone: (613) 544-5575 Email: info renewableenergy.on.caWebsite: www.renewableenergy.on.ca
Question:
Question:
As of April 2009, 1500 MW of wind projects in Ontario have energy supply contracts with the Ontario Power Authority and are in operation or nearing completion. Projects developed, under development, or considered for the Kingston area include the following:
| Wolfe Island | Canadian Hydro Developers, 200 MW went into in operation, summer 2009 |
| Bryan Wind Project | Skypower, Picton, 65 MW, contracted with the OPA, operational end of 2010 |
| Royal Road | Canadian Hydro Developers, under development, 18 MW |
| White Pines | IPC Energy, under development, 64 MW |
| Ostrander Point | Gilead Power, under development, 20 MW |
| St. Lawrence College, (Cornwall campus) | operational, 40 kW |
| Renewable Energy of Plum Hollow store, Dalton Rd., Kingston | operational |
| Kingston, Lake Ontario Park, Invista lands shoreline | considered in the past because of excellent wind resources |
| Main Duck Island, Ostrander Point offshore | Trillium Wind, Gilead Power, large offshore wind farms, still in conceptual stage |
Question:
The following members can help you design and install a geothermal heating and cooling system:
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If you are burning wood for heat, it is important to know that the EPA certified wood stoves that have been available in the last ten years have much cleaner emissions that other wood stoves. Heating with sustainably harvested wood adds very little to greenhouse gas emissions because the carbon dioxide in the wood was taken out of the atmosphere when the tree was growing and the next tree to take its place will also take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. The following members can help you install an EPA certified wood stove in your home:
