Tag: Solar

Boosting Solar Adoption With The Powerlily App | PVBuzz

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The Canadian Federal government recently unveiled its latest budget, outlining additional funding to build on A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy. The budget clearly supports several policies that seek to reorient Canada’s economy away from fossil fuel dependence, of which a rising carbon tax (up to $170 by 2030) and $40,000 interest-free loans for home retrofits, including solar energy, are two of the most notable aspects. Read full story here: Boosting Solar Adoption With The Powerlily App | PVBuzz

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California Gives Final Approval To Code Requiring Solar On New Homes | Engadget

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While there was little doubt it would happen, it’s now a done deal: California will require solar panels on most new homes. Officials at a December 5th Building Standards Commission meeting have voted for the new code, providing the last bit of approval necessary for the policy to take effect. New homes, condos and low-rise apartments will need eco-friendly power generation on their rooftops from January 1st, 2020 onward. The only exclusions are for homes that are either blocked by taller objects (like trees and tall buildings) or don’t have…

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Ontario Government Moves To Scrap Green Energy Act | CTV News

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TORONTO — The Ontario government has introduced legislation to scrap the Green Energy Act, which aimed to bolster the province’s renewable energy industry. Premier Doug Ford promised to repeal the act during the spring election campaign. The law was introduced by the previous Liberal government in 2009 under former premier Dalton McGuinty in a bid to grow the province’s solar and wind energy supply. Critics of the Green Energy Act have said it resulted in an increase in electricity costs and saw the province overpay for power it did not…

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Why Solar Is Likely To Power The Home Of The Future | The Verge

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Right now in America, there are about 2 million homes with solar panels. Considering there are about 90 million single-family homes, that doesn’t seem like a lot. But consider this: we’re now on track to start adding a million new solar-powered systems each year. It’s taken a while to get here, but solar is increasingly becoming a popular option to power the Home of the Future. The number of homes with solar “will tick up pretty quickly,” says Justin Baca, vice president of markets and research for Solar Energies Industries…

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Rooftop Solar Could Save Utilities $100 To $120 Per Installed Kilowatt | Ars Technica

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When you install rooftop solar panels, the electricity you create cuts into the amount of electricity the utility must provide to meet your needs. Add up the reduced demand of all the homes with solar panels, and you’ve got a pretty sizable amount of electricity that’s no longer needed. Lower wholesale prices “should ultimately reduce consumers’ costs through lower retail rates,” the researchers write (although whether and how those savings get passed on to retail customers is not discussed in the paper). The paper is location-specific and draws on historical…

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Energy Jobs Reports Say Solar Dominates Coal, But Wind Is The Real Winner | Ars Technica

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Two updated energy jobs reports have been released, and they paint a picture of how the last year has affected different energy sectors. The news is good for wind and natural gas. The news is less good for solar and coal. The first report, called the US Energy and Employment Report (USEER), comes from the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), and it looks at energy jobs across the US in all sectors of the industry. The second comes from the Solar Foundation, a pro-solar association that tracks jobs with a…

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Renewable Energy Growing In Canada But Solar Installations Lagging Behind – CityNews Toronto

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by Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press OTTAWA – Although the cost to build solar power has plummeted over the last decade, a new report suggests Canadians aren’t rushing use the sun to make electricity. The National Energy Board today released its annual look at the state of renewable energy in Canada and it says solar energy accounts for just 0.5 per cent of all Canada’s generated electricity. And almost all of that exists entirely in Ontario, the report notes. NEB chief economist Shelley Milutinovic said the trend in Canada is…

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World’s Biggest Coal Company Closes 37 Mines As Solar Prices Plummet – EcoWatch

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The rapid growth in renewable energy continues to put a dent in the demand for coal. Coal India, the world’s biggest coal mining company and producer of 82 percent of the country’s coal, announced the closure of 37 mines that are financially “unviable.” India’s energy market is undergoing a rapid transformation as it moves away from fossil fuels. Last month, the country cancelled plans to build nearly 14 gigawatts of coal-fired power stations. Notably, solar has been cheaper than coal-based electricity in India for the past several months. According to…

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Tesla’s Batteries And Solar Tiles Are Changing The Electric Grid – CNET

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There’s a good chance flipping on the light switch 10 years from now will feel just as ordinary as it did for your parents and grandparents. But behind the scenes, a radically different system for sending electrons where they’re needed will be turning on those lights. Electrical power that today comes from massive centralized generation stations could originate from your neighbors’ solar panels, then wait a few hours in a mammoth battery in your garage until you get home. That’s because the biggest change to our power grid since it…

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The World Used Less Coal In 2016 Than Year Before: BP – National | Globalnews.ca

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Worldwide demand for coal decreased in 2016, for the second year in a row. Humans used 53-million tonnes of coal less than in 2015, according to this year’s statistical review of energy provided by BP. It’s a decrease of 1.7 per cent. It is the second-straight year that coal demand has declined. It also said that worldwide production of coal decreased by six per cent. Production at U.S. coal mines fell by 19 per cent while China’s coal production fell by nearly eight per cent. On the whole, coal’s share…

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