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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Solar Panel Installation Here are the steps we took to install my 3.6kW solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop system, with pictures. Overview of Solar PV System 3.6kW – 18 200 watt solar panels rooftop racking system combiner box with DC fuses SMA Sunny Boy 4kW Grid-tie Inverter Electrical meter faceplate and cutoff switch MC-4 cables and [...]
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Samsung and Ontario to Announce Solar and Wind Deal The Premier of Ontario is set to announce a multibillion dollar deal to a consortium led by Samsung Group to build renewable energy equipment including wind turbines and solar photovoltaic panels. The deal, which could be worth up to C$7 billion, will be unveiled on Thursday [...]
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DIY Solar Water Heater DIY solar projects including solar ovens, solar pool heaters, solar PV panels, solar air heaters and batch solar water heaters are fairly simple projects to complete on your own. We recently came across another solar water heater, non-batch, that we like. This project is a bit more involved and will require [...]
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OPA Issues 700 MicroFit Contracts for Solar Rooftops The Ontario Power Authority issued 700 contracts today (Dec 16) for MicroFit Solar PV systems. These solar installations will be paid 80.2 cents per kilowatt hour (kWH) for the next 20 years, for every kWh of power produced. The OPA started to accept contract applications on October [...]
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Germany Posts Record Solar Installations (Reuters) – Germany will add a record of up to 3 gigawatt (GW) of photovoltaic capacity this year due to unexpectedly strong demand in the final months of 2009, the head of Germany’s BSW solar industry association said on Monday. Carsten Koernig told Reuters the late surge would take the [...]
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How Home Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Works Interested in a small solar photovoltaic (PV) project for your home, cottage or camp ground? Here’s a quick overview of how it works and how to setup your own small solar PV system. Solar PV vs Solar Thermal Solar Photovoltaic systems use sunlight to produce electricity. You can then [...]
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2009 Solar Decathlon The U.S. Department of Energy’s 2009 Solar Decathlon brought 20 teams from colleges and universities around the world together on Washington D.C.’s National Mall, pitting them against one another in friendly competition to see who’s solar-powered house would rise to the top. The technologies and architectural styles of the homes vary greatly [...]
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