Toronto Star: Ontario’s standard offer program, designed to encourage the development of small-scale renewable energy projects, was launched less than two years ago and has already surpassed the expectations of its 10-year mandate. The program pays a premium for renewable energy coming from wind, solar, biogas or small hydro projects 10 megawatts or less in size. So far the Ontario Power Authority, which administers the program, has approved contracts for 1,300 megawatts of projects – 30 per cent …