The local greenhouse industry is set to benefit from a new provincial energy initiative.
Cervini, Brunato and Amco Farms have signed on to develop combined heat and power greenhouses, which will add power to Ontario's grid.
Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli says the Industrial Energy Incentive then comes into effect, cutting greenhouse hydro bills in half. "We've got ourselves to a situation where we have a surplus (of power). Using complicated software and algorithms, we can allocate that surplus to different regions, to help support job creation."
Chiarelli says the combined heat and power greenhouses will also generate revenue for the farms which build them.