September. Despite the ominous foreboding of cold winter months and little income from our solar panels, September was still a very positive month for solar power generation. Not even the wasp invasion could spoil that!
Category Archives: energy
2011 Was a Hot Year for Solar Power
According to clean-tech market analyst Clean Edge’s Clean Energy Trends 2012 report, the solar PV market grew 29 percent in 2011 to $91.6 billion.
February Solar Power Generation
Yes, the sun came out more in February. But not enough. We generated just 79.7 percent of what we “should” have (according to the official PVwatts chart). At least that is better than the 70.5 percent rate of the previous two months.
What is a kilowatt hour?
You might be answering the title question with a big “Who cares?” But if you generate solar power to feed in to the grid, it is worth understanding how you will be paid. And you will be paid for kilowatt hours. I can give you the specs in Ontario; in other jurisdictions the numbers will vary, but the basics – especially the physics – will remain the same.
Solar, the Emerging Power
The big solar scandal in the USA has given some doubts as to the viability of solar power. The scandal involves a company by the name of Solyndra, a company heavily subsidized by the US government (some say “politically” subsidized) that recently declared bankruptcy. However, let it be said that the solar industry continues to…
Why a solar Ontario blog?
Welcome to “The Solar Ontario Blog”. I suppose that is what one should say on one’s first post. And I suppose I should start by answering the simple question: “Why a solar Ontario blog?” There are two answers. The first one is a fairly simple statement of our purpose: to provide solid information for people…
