Boston (Platts)--28Aug2007

The Ontario Energy Ministry Tuesday said it had directed the Ontario
Power Authority to secure 2,000 MW of renewable capacity beyond the more than
2,000 MW already under contract and to issue a solicitation by the end of this
year for 500 MW of wind and other renewable projects of at least 10 MW each.  

          Ministry spokeswoman Sylvia Kovesfalvi said the request for
proposals will enable the OPA to secure the first 25% of the 2,000 MW of new
renewable capacity and the authority will have to decide how to obtain the
remaining 1,500 MW. 

     More than 2,000 MW of renewable capacity already is under contract in
Ontario. In addition, province-owned Ontario Power Generation is in the midst
of adding 200 MW of renewable capacity at its Sir Adam Beck hydroelectric
station at Niagara Falls.