Marc Semail, VEVC Forum Monitor Using a heat pump to heat water for your home are an alternative to other methods like solar hot water systems. Both reduce the energy costs of heating hot water, but heat pumps may be slightly more efficient. Solar Hot Water Solar hot water systems were encouraged by the former Solar Colwood program. Heating water takes…
Robert Llewellyn, Fully Charged, June 7, 2016 Kudos to Terrance Berscheid & James Locke for the link A common misconception is that electric cars charged from the grid, where we burn coal to generate electricity, are actually dirtier than petrol or diesel. Guess what. It’s nonsense. More info here.
Jeff Stuafenberg, Independent.co.uk, June 4, 2016 ‘What an amazingly awesome country’, Elon Musk tweeted in response to the plan. Norway will ban the sale of all fossil fuel-based cars in the next decade, continuing its trend towards becoming one of the most ecologically progressive countries on the planet, according to reports. Politicians from both sides of the political spectrum have reportedly reached some concrete conclusions about…
Marc Semail, VEVC Contributor Solar panels made from aluminum cans … a Canadian company, CanSolair, has been doing this for a number of years. Does it work? Well, Jay Ingram, host of the Daily Planet on the Discovery Channel, and author of “The Ultimate Book of Everyday Science” identifies Jim’s invention as an “ingenious device for using solar energy to heat buildings.”…
Jim Standen, VEVC Member Salt Spring Island, BC As I finished my BCSEA Webinar, Silence in the Streets: The Future of Transport in BC and watched our Salt Spring Island (SSI) EV Celebration film again, I sat back and paused to reflect on how much progress we have made with the growth of fully electric vehicles ownership on SSI. We were an…
Story contributed by Marc Semail, VEVC Cape Sharp Tidal has announced that the first of two turbines will be installed in June. Andrew Vaughan, The Canadian Press PICTOU, N.S. — The first of two towering turbines designed by Cape Sharp Tidal to harness the immense power of the Bay of Fundy will be installed next month off the coast of…
Ontario to spend $7-billion on sweeping climate change plan Adrian Morrow and Greg Keenan, The Globe and Mail May 16, 2016 The Ontario government will spend more than $7-billion over four years on a sweeping climate change plan that will affect every aspect of life – from what people drive to how they heat their homes and workplaces – in…
BMW launches first solar carport charging facility in South Africa PLUS Comment from our VEVC President — see below. Johannesburg, 21 May 2016 German automaker BMW has launched its first solar carport charging facility in the country. It now makes it possible for electric and plug-in hybrid models to charge completely using green energy. German automaker BMW has launched…
Germany Surpasses 100% Renewable Power for Brief Time Jessica Shankleman, Bloomberg May 16, 2016 Clean renewable power supplied almost all of Germany’s power demand for the first time on Sunday, marking a milestone for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s “Energiewende” policy to boost renewables while phasing out nuclear and fossil fuels. Solar and wind power peaked at 2 p.m. local time on…
Hosted Webcast Explaining the JCSAT-14 Mission Link provided by Jim Hindson, VEVC Secretary Treasurer Video streamed live on May 5, 2016 By Manfred Wissemann This is the full hosted webcast explaining the JCSAT-14 mission, shots of the rocket and some countdown net audio. You may ask the question:” What has a SpaceX rocket launch got to do with electric cars?…
