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Solar Colwood Receives Award for Innovative Partnerships
City of Colwood wins a Climate & Energy Action Award from the Community Energy Association The City of Colwood, Royal Roads University and BC Hydro have won the 2011 Climate & Energy Action Award for Public Service Organization and Local Government Collaboration at UBCM for their innovative Solar Colwood partnerships. Read more [+]
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microFIT Program, Version 2.0 – Information for Pre-Existing Applicants
microFIT Rules Version 2.0 | Feed-in-Tarrif microFIT Contract microFIT Program, Version 2.0 – Information for Pre-Existing Applicants Those who submitted applications between September 1, 2011, and April 5, 2012, and who wish to participate in the microFIT Program must revise their application to comply with Version 2.0 of the microFIT Rules. These applications are referred to as “pre-existing applications”. You [...]
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Setting the solar story straight
The cost of solar energy is falling fast. Since 1980, there’s been an average reduction of seven percent per year in the cost per watt of solar cells. Click below to view infographic from pv-magazine.com
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Tumaini Solar Project Part 4
Jordan Egles (age 12) spent her Spring Break in March, 2012 working at the Tumaini Children’s Foundation in Usa River, located near Arusha, Tanzania. Jordan was a big hit with the kids, dancing as part of a pre-bed activity, reading to Aisha and Liadi, or as a mode of transport to Pendo. Her two newest [...]
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OPA Releases Fit / MicroFIT Draft Program Rules & Contracts
On March 22, 2012, the Ontario government announced the results of the scheduled two-year FIT Program Review. The objective of the review was to ensure the long-term sustainability of the program. The government’s announcement and the FIT Program Two-Year Review Report are available by clicking here <http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2012/03/moving-clean-energy-forward-creating-jobs.html> . The Ontario Power Authority has now posted [...]
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MicroFIT Pricing Announcement
McGuinty Government Takes Steps to Ensure Successful Renewable Energy Program Ontario is moving ahead with its clean energy program, taking immediate steps to ensure the long-term sustainability of renewable energy while creating more jobs, lowering prices and giving communities a greater say. Read more
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Building Solar Profits
A two day training event detailing the Solar Industry and Installs April 12th & 13th 2012 Home Energy Solutions, in collaboration with some of the leading manufacturers in the PV industry, is presenting a 2 day event called “Building Solar Profits”. On April 12th & 13th, 2012, we will welcome solar business owners and installers [...]
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Tumaini Orphanage Solar Project Pt. 2
HES’s founder, Dave Egles and his family are all involved in fundraising for the Tumaini Solar Project. They visited the orphanage in Tanzania on Dec 26, and were welcomed by hordes of happy kids from the ages or 4 through 10. They are happy because of the obvious affect from Mama Dee and the volunteers. [...]
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Tumaini Solar Project
Dave Egles, the founder of HES, was approached by the Tumaini Children’s Foundation, a Simcoe Ontario based group who operate an orphanage near Arusha, Tanzania. They are trying to support the needs of 40 children in a location where the electric supply was sporadic at best. The home for these children is pictured below, and [...]
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Here Comes the Sun
By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: November 6, 2011 For decades the story of technology has been dominated, in the popular mind and to a large extent in reality, by computing and the things you can do with it. Moore’s Law — in which the price of computing power falls roughly 50 percent every 18 months — has [...]
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