Feds say green energy will power G8/20 summits
This entry was posted on Friday, June 18th, 2010 and is filed under Green Energy, Policy.
TORONTO — Between the wind power, electric buses and diverted waste Ottawa hopes the legacy the G8 and G20 summits leave is a green one.
The government unveiled its plan Friday for the upcoming summits to have a minimal environmental impact.
Peter Kent, minister of state of foreign affairs (Americas), announced the six components of the plan at a sparsely attended news conference in a park across from the G20 media centre.
“In the case of the G8 the entire grid will run on wind and hydroelectricity,” Kent said.
“Here in Toronto the (Metro Toronto) Convention Centre, the Direct Energy Centre (the media centre), the delegate hotels…will be powered only by renewable sources.”
Both summits will be “zero waste events,” meaning waste generated at the main summit venues will be recycled, reduced or reused, he said.
…Thousands of newly planted trees and a “living wall” of plants that will produce high-quality air inside the Direct Energy Centre are being called the summits’ “environmental legacy projects.”
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