Primarily Japan's complaint hits Canada's
domestic content requirements in its «feed - in tariff» (FIT) program for Ontario, which requires that the renewable energy equipment, such as solar panels, wind turbines, biomass, and waterpower generation equipment, be produced in Ontario in whole or in part.
Ontario's inclusion of
domestic content requirements in its Green Energy Act — since revised as a result of a successful World Trade Organization challenge — explicitly sought to not just deliver clean energy electrons, but to build up its renewable energy manufacturing sector.
Not exact matches
In a new report prepared for the Embassy of Canada, The Trade Partnership examines the effects of U.S.
domestic content requirements on the U.S. - Canada economic partnership.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today issued final Buy America policy guidance advising transit agencies and transit vehicle manufacturers how to implement a phased increase
in domestic content requirements for transit rolling stock procurements from 60 percent to more than 70 percent by the year 2020.
The joint venture also aims to save building owners time, effort and money by procuring solar (PV) panels compliant with the new
domestic content requirements set out by Ontario's Feed -
in Tariff (FIT).
The Solar Energy Corporation of India's 100 MW solar PV auction
in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, issued under the
domestic content requirement category, sees Adani and Azure Power win 50 MW each.
Domestic content requirements for both FIT and microFIT projects are intended to help support the creation of 50,000 new green jobs
in Ontario.
The FIT contract contains
domestic content requirements that are intended to help foster investment, green manufacturing, construction, and installation jobs
in Ontario.