Homemade Micro Hydro Generator

Posted on July 8th, 2010 by Bruce

A friend tested their homemade micro hydro generator this weekend, and everything worked according to plan. You can see the system in this YouTube video: Homemade Micro Hydro Generator He recorded 46VDC (open circuit voltage) and 2.6 amps at 12 volts when connected to a deep cycle battery. It charged a battery from 12.1 to [...]

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Solar PV – Too Much of a Good Thing for Ontario

Posted on July 4th, 2010 by Bruce

Solar PV – Too Much of a Good Thing for Ontario In October 2009 the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) began accepting applications for their newly announce Feed-in Tariff (FiT). Within 2 months they had received 2,400 applications, and released their first 700 contract offers. Now, nine months later, the OPA has received over 14,000 applications [...]

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