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Ontario Minister of Education Stephen Lecce delivers remarks at Lakeshore Collegiate Institute in Toronto on August 31, 2023. Ontario Energy Minister Stephen Lecce says he wants the province's electricity system to not just be able to meet an expected 75-per-cent increase in demand, but to exceed it and be able to sell excess power to other jurisdictions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Ontario aiming to become energy superpower, Energy Minister Stephen Lecce says

Ontario's energy minister aims for the province's electricity system to exceed a projected 75% demand increase and sell excess power.

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Enwave Commissions Expansion of World-Renowned Deep Lake Water Cooling System, Internationally Recognized by the United Nations, in Partnership with Toronto Water

August 29 2024 17:47 ET TORONTO, Aug. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Enwave Energy Corporation (Enwave) commissioned the Deep Lake Water Cooling (DLWC)...

Ontario is looking to add some 5,000 megawatts to the grid as new energy minister Stephen Lecce lays out his plan to meet demand in the coming decades. Hydro workers perform maintenance on power lines in Renfrew County, Ont., July 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Prime Ontario agricultural land to be protected amid energy expansion, minister says

'Energy agnostic' government will add 5,000 megawatts to the grid with gas, renewables and nuclear, but solar farms banned from prime agricultural land.

Ontario is selling itself as the nuclear North Star to guide the direction of American power as the United States looks to de-carbonize amid ever-increasing demand for energy.Stephen Lecce delivers remarks at Lakeshore Collegiate Institute in Toronto, on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Building the blueprint: Ontario moves to shape Canada’s nuclear energy future

Ontario positions itself as a leader in nuclear energy, aiming to partner with the U.S. to drive clean energy and decarbonization.

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Natural gas opposition ‘ideological,’ new Ontario energy minister says

Ontario's new energy minister is unapologetic about the use of natural gas to partly fuel growing energy needs in Canada's largest province, calling...

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Phase one of building small nuclear reactor in Ontario is complete: energy minister

Ontario Power Generation is building four small modular reactors at its Darlington site in Clarington, Ont.

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