Category: Canada
Vertical Solar PV? Yes, Says Vancouver
A snowy country like Norway is going to approach solar power in a different way from a place like the Bahamas. It’s not surprising to find out, then, that a company in Norway has developed a “vertical PV” system designed to help deal with very snowy conditions. Now that company … [continued]
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Nova Scotia Wants To Embrace Fracking To Pay Its Bills
The premier of Nova Scotia wants to restart oil and gas operations in the province.There are much better alternatives.
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Floating Solar PV on Foam with Air Bubblers
Floating solar PV power has been one of the most interesting and fun segments of the global solar power industry in the past decade. When it started popping onto the scene, it was catchy, but one wondered, was it really practical and cost effective? As it turns out, the benefits … [continued]
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Carney’s Alberta Pipeline Deal Is Strategy, Not A Funded Pipeline
The new Alberta pipeline deal should be read as political strategy first and infrastructure second, if second at all. Prime Minister Mark Carney gets something real from it: a “Canada is open for business” signal, a trade-diversification pathway to point at, and a way to undercut opponents who want to … [continued]
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Hydrostor’s Underground Pumped Hydro Ontario Storage Plan Runs Into the BESS Benchmark
Ontario does not need another storage technology startup searching for a problem today. It needs capacity, flexibility, and reliability in specific places where the grid is constrained and where new generation and wires take years to build. That is the right way to look at Hydrostor’s proposed Quinte Energy Storage … [continued]
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