{"id":1447,"date":"2007-01-11T15:43:23","date_gmt":"2007-01-11T19:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1447"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:48:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:48:54","slug":"portlands-energy-centre-to-host-canadas-largest-solar-sesearch-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/01\/11\/portlands-energy-centre-to-host-canadas-largest-solar-sesearch-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Portlands Energy Centre to host Canada&#8217;s largest solar research facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portlandsenergycentre.com\/images\/Portlands_top.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandsenergycentre.com\/docs\/pdf\/wn\/wn_jan08_solarPR-final.pdf\">press release<\/a> (PDF) was issued today announcing that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandsenergycentre.com\/index.html\">Portlands Energy Centre<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stoptheplant.ca\/\">embattled<\/a> power plant going up in the Portlands, will host Canada&#8217;s largest solar research facility. In conjunction with U of T and Appropriate Renewable Intelligent Sustainable Energy Technologies Corporation (ARISE), the facility is projected to power 1000 homes and will also provide students with opportunities to research renewable energy sources. The PEC has made <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandsenergycentre.com\/qa\/index.html\">some efforts<\/a> to convince Torontonians that it wants to be a good neighbour, including promises to improve bike paths and plant 3000 trees, but this latest step is surely the boldest yet.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>Image courtesy of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandsenergycentre.com\/index.html\">Portlands Energy Centre<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A press release (PDF) was issued today announcing that the Portlands Energy Centre, the embattled power plant going up in the Portlands, will host Canada&#8217;s largest solar research facility. 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