# Green Energy Hub > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Green_Energy_Hub > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Green_Energy_Hub.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Energy_Hub > Source revision: 1330366090 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Sustainable energy region in Ontario, Canada This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Green Energy Hub" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The **Green Energy Hub** is an energy program covering a region in the [Canadian province](/source/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada) of [Ontario](/source/Ontario) that extends as far west as [Port Rowan](/source/Port_Rowan%2C_Ontario), as far north as [Paris](/source/Paris%2C_Ontario), as far east as [Dunnville](/source/Dunnville%2C_Ontario), and as far south as [Lake Erie](/source/Lake_Erie).[1] Counties covered by the "Green Energy Hub" include [Brant County](/source/Brant_County%2C_Ontario), [Haldimand County](/source/Haldimand_County%2C_Ontario) and [Norfolk County](/source/Norfolk_County%2C_Ontario). As a result of the initiatives in the Green Energy Hub, the air in the region became cleaner between the years 2000 and 2010.[2] However, increasing levels of [greenhouse gases](/source/Greenhouse_gas) from automobiles has affected this negatively.[2] [Simcoe](/source/Simcoe%2C_Ontario), an important community located in the Green Energy Hub, is assessed to be 25 times less likely to face a major smog disaster when compared to major metropolitan cities like [London](/source/London%2C_Ontario), [Windsor](/source/Windsor%2C_Ontario), and [Sarnia](/source/Sarnia%2C_Ontario) due to embracing environmental programs in its area.[3] ## Summary Employers that come to the "Green Energy Hub" area can be linked to [solar power](/source/Solar_power) panels and the collection of water from [rain](/source/Rain).[4] Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent in Norfolk County to assure a "greener" world for its residents.[5] It is hoped that [Research and development](/source/Research_and_development) jobs will emerge in the hub, replacing low-technology jobs that were eliminated in the 2000s due to the rising cost of labor. The purpose of the Green Energy Hub program is to stop the exploitation of [natural resources](/source/Natural_resource) and tackle climate change. At least 60% of unemployed people in the "Green Energy Hub" area are under the age of 30.[4] People in the area tend to have to go to larger cities such as [Hamilton](/source/Hamilton%2C_Ontario), [Windsor](/source/Windsor%2C_Ontario) and [Toronto](/source/Toronto) in order to find well-paying jobs that allow them to support a household. While manufacturing jobs have disappeared from the local area within the past 20 years, there are promising careers in construction and a variety of technical vocations that may attract current Green Energy Hub residents to the Hamilton area.[6] Approximately 50,000 [green collar](/source/Green-collar_worker) jobs may be created, possibly replacing [blue collar](/source/Blue-collar_worker) jobs.[1] Land in Ontario that is traditionally for [agricultural use](/source/Agricultural_land) may be affected by the "Green Energy Hub" program.[1]" This hub may become the central component in the [sustainable energy](/source/Sustainable_energy) grid of the future.[4] ### Economic recovery 2,600 people officially joined the Norfolk County workforce between June 2012 and June 2013. Businesses have been expanding throughout Norfolk County again; often hiring people two at a time. Innovative business running measures are also improving the quality of life for Norfolk County residents who are members of the workforce. The economy of the [Greater Toronto Area](/source/Greater_Toronto_Area) may become further interconnected with the changed brought about by the "Green Energy Hub".[7] However, economic recovery has been complicated somewhat by Norfolk County banning the building of new wind turbines. One of the council members was worried about Norfolk County becoming "industrialized" and "unnatural." Many leaders in Norfolk County envision the surrounding area as being an agricultural hub for Southern Ontario even by the middle of the 22nd century.[8] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-neighborsget_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-neighborsget_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-neighborsget_1-2) ["Neighbours get green feeling."](http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2875555) [Brantford Expositor](http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/). Accessed February 2012. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-canadafarmalamanc_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-canadafarmalamanc_2-1) Canadian Farmer's Almanac - 2010 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Climate facts about Simcoe, Ontario"](http://www.simcoechamber.on.ca/community-info/climate.html). Simcoe and District Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2012-10-19. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-communitiesbuy_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-communitiesbuy_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-communitiesbuy_4-2) ["Communities buy into Green Energy Hub."](http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2881974) [Brantford Expositor](http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/). Accessed February 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Green Energy Hub](http://www.norfolkbusiness.ca/key-sectors/green-energy-hub/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120206020502/http://www.norfolkbusiness.ca/key-sectors/green-energy-hub/) 2012-02-06 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) at Norfolk Business 1. **[^](#cite_ref-WHEREJOBS_6-0)** "Hamilton Next, Focus on the Future City: "Where the jobs are"" (Press release). The Hamilton Spectator- Souvenir Edition page HN11. October 31, 2007. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Daniel Pearce (2013-06-12). ["Optimism being felt in Norfolk"](http://www.simcoereformer.ca/2013/06/12/optimism-being-felt-in-norfolk). Simcoe Reformer. Retrieved 2022-01-27. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Norfolk Seeks End to Turbine Development"](http://www.simcoereformer.ca/2013/05/14/norfolk-seeks-end-to-turbine-development). Retrieved 2013-05-15. v t e Norfolk County, Ontario Municipal elections 2000 2003 2006 2010 Provincial and federal government Current Current federal electoral district Current provincial electoral district Defunct Federal electoral district of Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Federal electoral district of Norfolk Federal electoral district of Norfolk—Elgin Federal electoral district of Norfolk—Haldimand Federal electoral district of Norfolk North Federal electoral district of Norfolk South Provincial electoral district of Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant Radio and newspapers CHCD-FM CKNC-FM Delhi News-Record (weekly) Simcoe Reformer (daily) The Port Rowan Good News (weekly) Attractions and services Hounds of Erie Winery Backus Mill Backstage Capitol Theatre Bird Studies Canada County Fair and Horse Show Delhi Community Arena Fort Norfolk General Hospital Gopher Dunes Green Energy Hub Long Point Provincial Park Lynn Valley Trail Ontario tobacco belt Talbot Gardens Local sports teams Delhi Travellers Port Dover Sailors Norfolk IceCats Roads and highways Highway 3 Highway 19 Highway 24 Highway 51 Highway 59 Norfolk County roads School boards Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board Grand Erie District School Board Norfolk Board of Education Communities Blayney Clear Creek Courtland Delhi Delhi District Secondary School Frogmore Glen Meyer Hillcrest Langton Valley Heights Secondary School Long Point Lynedoch Mabee's Corners Nixon Nixon Public School Old Cut Pine Grove Port Dover Friday the 13th motorcycle rally Port Dover Composite School Raid on Port Dover Timeline Port Rowan Port Ryerse Ranelagh Simcoe Baptist Bible College Canada and Theological Seminary Greenhouse Canada Springvale Walsh Walsh Public School Waterford Waterford District High School Other communities Bodies of water Big Creek Deer Creek Kent Creek Lake Erie Lynn River Venison Creek Miscellaneous 133rd Battalion (Norfolk's Own), CEF Dennis' Horseradish Doan's Hollow Public School Haldimand-Norfolk Housing Corporation Nixon Airport Ride Norfolk South Norfolk Railway Trapped (novel) [Portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals): - [Renewable energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Renewable_energy) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Green Energy Hub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Energy_Hub) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Energy_Hub?action=history)). 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