Solar guy to become T.O. energy guy
For my Toronto readers, some news you might find interesting. Rob McMonagle, executive director of the Canadian Solar Industries Association, has taken on the new job of Toronto’s senior energy consultant. His main job, McMonagle outlined in an e-mail today, is coordinating “the development of the city’s energy plan and to begin implementing programs and policies related to this plan.”
It’s a sign that Canada’s largest city may, in 2007, finally get around to rolling out some serious energy-efficiency and renewable energy projects. I’m looking forward to working on this front with Rob, who has done a terrific job of raising the profile of solar in Canada. His replacement at CanSIA will have the task of launching our country’s solar industry into its next phase of growth — hopefully rapid growth. It’s an exciting time to take on such a job.
Congrats on the move, Rob.
Tyler Hamilton is senior energy reporter and columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the cleantech market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper. Tyler can be reached at tyler@cleanbreak.ca