The History of Positive Power

Details on the history of PPC's organization, people, projects and funders, will be available for download soon.

Highlights

$3,000 in funding received from TD Friends of the Environment for series of workshops in Burlington
Formal business plan completed for Lake Erie project
Second wind resource assessment completed
Land agreements for both projects successfully negotiated
Strategic planning and community investment offering initiated

First wind resource assessment in Flamborough completed; data analysis begun
$1800 Funding received from TD Friends of the Environment for series of workshops in Haldimand and Hamilton
Second wind resource assessment in Lake Erie initiated
$10,000 in funding from Community Economic Development and Technical Assistance Program obtained
Formal business plan for Flamborough project completed

$30,000 in funding from Hamilton Community Foundation received to complete bulk of wind resource assessment
$6,000 from The Co-operators received for wind resource assessment work
Wind resource assessment tower erected over two weekends; Flamborough wind resource assessment begins
Community education programs begins with Renewable Energy Education Forum and series of planned workshops
$150,000 in Ontario Trillium Foundation funding received; full-time staff person hired

Ontario Sustainable Energy Association's Green Community Workshop on need for local action
Martin Ince, Jon Norman and Elizabeth Simmons founded Positive Power Co-op for the Hamilton-Halton-Haldimand region
Initial co-operative business plan for construction of a utility grade wind turbine developed
PPC incorporated as co-operative without share capital, with non-profit status
Hamilton-Wentworth Stewardship Council provides $5,000 in seed funding to cover start of wind resource assessment in Flamborough
Anchors for wind resource assessment tower for Flamborough project installed by PPC volunteers under guidance of MK Ince and Associates