Energy

The City of Barrie began an electric ice resurfacer pilot in 2022, when two gas machines were replaced with electric models. In 2025, the City transitioned all 10 ice resurfacers across City facilitie…

Timeline: 2013 onwards Kinsmen Arena solar array In August 2016, Peterborough Utilities Inc. installed 1,544 solar panels on the Kinsmen Arena roof. The project generated 535,781 kilowatt hours of ren…

Timeline: 2023 onwards In 2023, Peel Region and the City of Mississauga advanced the Lakeview Village District Energy Project, utilizing treated wastewater effluent for heating and cooling. This innov…

Timeline: 2016 onwards. In 2018, there were almost 7MW (megawatts) of installed solar capacity in Burlington. In 2023, based on data from Burlington Hydro, this increased to just under 9 MW. In 2022,…

2015 onwards A 100-kilowatt solar PV system has been installed at the Devon Community Centre. This is a significant milestone in the Town’s plan to transition into one of the first net-zero communitie…

2014 onwards The Raymond Electrical Net Zero initiative in the Town of Raymond, AB, is the 2020 winner in the energy category of FCM’s Sustainable Communities Awards. The Town’s nine solar PV arrays a…