Canada
Solar Ontario in Niagara Falls
16 May 2013POSTED IN Business News
The Canadian Solar Industries Association is expecting some 1200 delegates and 50 exhibitors 29 to 30 May in Niagara Falls, Ontario Solar Ontario, the province's largest and most influential solar industry event.
Solectria Expands to the Ontario Solar Market
08 May 2013POSTED IN Business News
Solectria Renewables, LLC, a US PV inverter manufacturer, announced that the SGI 500XT inverter is now Ontario FiT Compliant. The SGI 500XT, part of the SMARTGRID Inverter line of products, is designed to incorporate utility features that enhance power control, communication protocols, and grid safety. The SGI 500XT is an external transformer, utility-scale, central inverter optimized for direct-to-medium voltage coupling, with a market leading 98% CEC efficiency rating.
SkyFire Energy Merges with DayStar Renewable Energy
08 May 2013POSTED IN Business News
SkyFire Energy, a solar contractor based in Western Canada, is pleased to announce that they are expanding on their ability to harness Alberta’s world-class solar resource by merging with DayStar Renewable Energy from Edmonton. The two companies will operate together as SkyFire Energy. A second SkyFire Energy office has recently opened in Edmonton, joining the company’s head office in Calgary. The new office will be installing more than 200 kW of photovoltaic solar power during its first quarter of operation.
Canadian Dairy Completes Fourth Solar Installation
06 May 2013POSTED IN Applications News
EthoSolar has completed the fourth PV solar installation for Dykstra Dairy Limited, a dairy farm based in Ottawa (Canada). This latest project involved a 100 kW FiT roof mount system with the Ontario Power Authority.
Solar Ontario 2013
POSTED IN Events CalendarSolar Ontario 2013 is expected to attract some 1,200+ solar industry professionals and serious solar energy consumers—manufacturers, dealers, engineers, architects, builders, solar product and service providers, installers, investors and NGOs.
Hear from and network with business, political and policy leaders from Canada’s largest solar energy market. Catch up on new and unfolding developments and see what’s innovative and exciting at the largest and most influential conference and trade show for Ontario’s solar energy industry.
UL Warns of Counterfeit UL Mark in PV Panels
15 April 2013POSTED IN Business News
Underwriters Labs has issued a notice that some photovoltaic panels from Advanced Solar Photonics bear a counterfeit UL mark for the US and Canada.
Johnson Controls’ Chiller Uses Solar Thermal, PV
27 February 2013POSTED IN New Products
Johnson Controls has introduced a solar cooling system to reduce energy costs for large buildings across North America by combining its high-efficiency chillers with hybrid solar thermal and photovoltaic technologies.
Canada Students’ Solar Decathlon House Under Contsruction
26 February 2013POSTED IN Applications News
Team Ontario has broken ground on its Solar Decathlon house, which the college students say will showcase sustainable living and net-zero housing.
VDE Partners with Fraunhofer ISE
26 February 2013POSTED IN Business News
Global certification body VDE today announced the establishment of a US-based wholly owned subsidiary, VDE Americas, and the introduction of a set of premium tailored products for the testing and certification of complete large scale PV systems with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE), an applied research institute for solar energy.
The new quality mark, VDE Quality Tested for PV Power Plants, verifies the complete certification of solar photovoltaic power plants, including quality, performance and safety of the PV system.
Toronto to Host All-Energy Exhibition & Conference
22 February 2013POSTED IN Business News
The All-Energy Canada Exhibition & Conference will take place 9-10 April 2014 at Toronto’s Exhibition Place, according to event organizer Reed Exhibitions.
Deger Trackers: High performance, lower prices
07 February 2013POSTED IN New Products
Deger has announced its next-generation tracking systems include technical enhancements and cost more than 20 percent less compared to last year’s product. The new systems will be available in Europe in March, and in North America by the middle of 2013.
IPC Achieves Certification for Grid Storage Battery Converter
06 February 2013POSTED IN Business News
Ideal Power Converters (IPC), a developer of disruptive electronic power converters, announced today that its 30kW Battery Converter has been certified for UL1741 conformance.
The certification for UL1741 ensures safety and grid compatibility for distributed generation technology that supplies power to the electric grid in North America.
Draker Clarity DC Selected for 2MW Solar PV Plant
06 February 2013POSTED IN Applications News
Draker has been selected to install its fully integrated Draker AC and Clarity DC panel-to-grid (P2G) monitoring solution at a 2MW AC site, the largest installation to date for a fully integrated Draker AC and Clarity DC monitoring system.
The solar PV plant in Massachusetts (US) is a fixed mount, 600V system with utility grid interconnection.
PanelClaw and Powerway Form Strategic Partnership
05 February 2013POSTED IN Business News
PanelClaw and Powerway Renewable Energy have formed a strategic partnership to offer comprehensive mounting and balance-of-system (BOS) solutions for commercial and utility-scale PV projects worldwide.
The partnership aims to lower the cost of PV installations and set new standards of quality and safety by sharing global manufacturing locations, product portfolios and engineering services, according to the companies.
Canadian Solar to Receive US$40 Million Loan
31 January 2013POSTED IN Business News
Canadian Solar today announced that Credit Suisse will provide the company with an up to US $40 million, one-year tenor loan.
The loan will be used to finance Canadian Solar’s previously announced acquisition of four solar projects in Ontario, Canada.
Canadian Consortium to Build Ecuador 50MW Solar Plant
21 January 2013POSTED IN Business News
A Canadian consortium of renewable energy developers including Solexica Energy Corporation, JCM Capital and Radical Energy has signed a 20-year concession agreement with CONELEC, Ecuador’s National Electricity Board, for the purchase of electricity generated by the combined 62.5MWp PV (50 MWac) power plants located in Ecuador.
Axion Hub Certified to UL, CSA Safety Standards
04 January 2013POSTED IN Applications News
Axion Power, which develops lead-carbon PbC batteries and energy storage systems, announced today that its Residential Energy Storage Hub has achieved certification to UL1741, IEEE 1547 and Canadian Standards Association (CSA) safety standards.
Canadian Solar Purchases Two Solar Projects from SunEdison
28 December 2012POSTED IN Business News
Canadian Solar Inc. and SunEdison Power Canada Inc., a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., today announced that they have completed a purchase and sale transaction wherein Canadian Solar's direct subsidiary Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. has acquired a majority interest in two utility-scale solar power projects in Ontario with a total capacity of approximately 24MW DC.
Solar Energy in Canada
24 December 2012POSTED IN Politics and Policy Features
Much like in the United States, the Canadian approach to encouraging solar energy development has been fragmented between the provinces. Between 2007 and 2011, the Federal government committed $1.4 Billion to encourage renewable energy projects through the ecoAction program, but no new money has been committed for the renewables portion of the project.
Roofing Colour for Energy Efficiency
18 December 2012POSTED IN Editors Blogs
The colour of a roof can affect its energy efficiency, according to a recent study by Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, which claims that painting roofs white is as environmentally friendly as taking cars off the roads for half a century. The scientists found that the simplest way of engineering an environment that can cope with global warming is to increase the reflectivity of the roof, so more of the incoming sunlight is directed back into space. (Results of the study were published in Environmental Research Letters.)
