NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO - Ontario Power Generation has granted a contract to an Austrian company to build a new 10.4-kilometre-long tunnel to increase electricity generation from the Niagara River.

TORONTO, ON - - This winter's average 20 minute peak demand for electricity in Ontario was 23,428 megawatts set January 17 at about 5 p.m. during maximum heating and lighting load conditions.

• Installed solar PV prices are projected to decline from an average $5.50-$7.00 peak watt (15-32 cents kWh) today to $3.02-$3.82 peak watt (8-18 cents kWh) in 2015 to $1.43-$1.82 peak watt (4-8 cents kWh) by 2025.

"For the same reason, increased efficiency reduces the cost per watt and cost per kilowatt-hour for feedstock and materials, depreciation and other manufacturing expenses, installation time, land and system operations and related maintenance," SunPower said in the release.

- It was an experiment waiting to happen: a freezing cold cabin that had been left in winter shutdown mode for a month; a brand new "smart meter," a digital electricity gauge installed by the provincial power company; and a PlayStation 3 with some heavy lifting …

TOKYO, JAPAN - A collapse in silicon prices threatens to put the heat on solar panel makers that use little of the material, such as Japan's Sharp Corp and even low-cost industry darling First Solar Inc.

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"Our goal is to generate electricity for 10 cents a watt anywhere in the world," says John Deal, chief executive of Hyperion. They will cost approximately $25 million each. For a community with 10,000 households, that is a very comfortable $250 per home." The units are factory-sealed, can be delivered by truck and are buried underground.

- With Ottawa and several provinces poised to ban sale of incandescent light bulbs by 2012, many Canadians are ...

The 14.28-kilowatt system should make the house, owned by Edward and Lynda Primka, close to energy independent thanks to an energy efficiency overhaul of the sprawling 1970s home and the 84, 170-watt panel solar array, said James Harshbarger, account manager with Knoxville-based Sustainable Future, which installed the panels and completed other ...