Unlike the situation in Quebec where Hydro Power supplies the vast majority of electrical energy in the Province [>95%], Ontario is in the very difficult situation of having almost not enough supply right now.

  The Ontario Government is proposing:

• To eventually shut down ALL of its Coal-fired power plants, which would comprise nearly 20% of our current electricity supplies.
• That new Nuclear plants be built
  • there is huge opposition within Ontario for building more new Nuclear (CANDU) reactors
    • because of the great number of problems with the old reactors
    • because of the huge expense of building and maintaining them
    • because of the "unsolvable" problem [politically] of disposing of the Nuclear waste.

  Ontario is eager to find 'new' sources of energy, and has started a new program called the "Standard Offer Program for Small Generators Connected to a Distribution System".

  The standard Offer Program:

• Opens the electricity sector in Ontario to any "renewable resource" type of energy source, including wind, small hydro-electric, solar, and some bio-mass.
• Limits the maximum project size to 10 megawatts (MW). (No minimum project size is proposed.)
• Provides a written contract that will typically last for 20 years.
• Establishes market-based pricing
  • For the first year of commercial operation, all eligible renewable energy projects will be paid a base rate of 11 cents per kilowatt hour for all kilowatt hours delivered.
  • Projects that can demonstrate "generation control" will be eligible for an additional 3.52 cents per kilowatt hour for all electricity delivered during on-peak hours.

 Ontario is also heavily basing their Energy Future on a "Conservation Culture" -- the hope that higher prices and education will spur people to conserve energy.

  But Ontario also needs a Much More Efficient Infrastructure to be installed everywhere in the province (infrastructure that in both public and private use) if it is not going to be able to meet the consumer electricity demands.

  The Quasiturbine could be an important contribution in many of these areas.

  It's now a matter to:

• find applications [there are too many to even offer here -- see Applications.
• make proposals
• get funding
• build prototypes
• get real-world long-term test data about
  • operational efficiency
  • life-cycle parameters [like reliability]
• move it to market in:
  • new applications
  • replacement applications to existing technologies