John Fitzgerald Weaver, Electrek.co, September 26, 2016 “There’s no reason why the cost of solar will ever increase again” On August 11 a bid of US$0.46/W was put forward to build 500MW of solar power in China (a roughly calculated levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) at $0.019/kWh). This past week we saw a bid of $0.023/kWh to build 1.2GW of…
Will Van Eaton, Solar City Blog, July 2016 The electric grid is changing faster than ever. With the rise of renewables and other technologies, energy is getting cleaner, more affordable, and more reliable. That said, understanding the inner workings of the power grid – voltage, distribution networks, substations, inverters, you name it – can get pretty complicated, pretty fast….
Lower Nicola Indian Band installs largest community-owned solar panel system in B.C. Nick Eagland, September 7, 2016, Vancouver Sun A First Nation in the Nicola Valley has installed B.C.’s largest community-owned solar panel system. The Lower Nicola Indian Band near Merritt, home to 1,200 members of the Nlaka’pamux Nation, last month installed 330 panels of photovoltaic solar panels to generate up to 85.8…
Seacharger: fully autonomous, solar-powered boat journeys across the Pacific Nathaniel Kobza, electrek.co, August 22, 2016 This month we reported on an EV enthusiast who transformed their Bayliner into an all-electric boat using Tesla battery modules. Now we take a look at a team of individuals who have their autonomous, solar-powered boat, dubbed the Seacharger, traversing the Pacific ocean towards New Zealand….
Elon Musk & SolarCity CTO Peter Rive Announce “Solar Roof” (Not “Solar On The Roof”) August 12th, 2016 by Steve Hanley Clean Technica Originally published on SolarLove. Speaking to analysts and investors during the Q2 earnings call for SolarCity on August 9, Elon Musk went into detail about his plans for what he calls the “Solar Roof.” It is not…
New Solar-powered LED Transit Shelters in Saanich Lisa Locke, VEVC Editor August 13, 2016 At the corner of San Juan Ave and Tyndale Ave in Saanich, there is a BC transit stop which used to look like this: Tuesday August 9, 2016, a solar bus stop was installed – to our knowledge a first for Saanich, BC! Included are solar…
Generate electricity, and sell some of it to BC Hydro Kathryn MacDonald, Jul 4, 2016 BC Hydro PowerSmart Story Idea: Marc Semail BC Hydro community rep Kathryn MacDonald drinks in the summer sun after writing about how owners of homes in B.C. equipped with solar panels can easily connect to the electrical grid and sell excess power to BC Hydro….
Jay Leno is apparently Hollywood’s biggest car collector with over 100 cars and over 80 motorcycles. He has his own Internet car show, Jay Leno’s Garage. He seems to have quite an appreciation for electric cars and even how they charge. His garage has even been referred to as Jay’s Green Garage. First he put a large wind turbine on…
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.”…
