Archive for the ‘Green Energy’ Category

Solar panel ban on farmland will cost Ontario: group

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 | 2:48 PM ET The Canadian Press The Ontario government hasn’t said if it will ban solar panels on prime agricultural land. (Eric Risberg/Associated Press)About $5 billion in potential investment could go elsewhere if Ontario bans solar panels from prime agricultural lands, the Canadian Solar Industries Association warned Tuesday. [...]

My Hydro Bill Is Killing Me!

Many of us look at our day to day bills and see the vast increase being handed to the Utilities Companies from our hard earned money. One such Utility in Ontario is the Hydro. We are subjected to higher prices per kilowatt and paying down a debt based on the stupidity of  over paid bureaucrats [...]

Solar Energy Decisions

What kind of decisions do I have to make? There are several avenues one can take. If you would like to prepare for the next black out  such as the one that took place in Northeastern , Midwestern United States, and Ontario, Canada on Thursday, August 14, 2003, at approximately 4:15 pm., then now’s the [...]

Do-It-Yourself Solar Energy

Is it worth while to build your own solar projects rather than buy and install it professionally? Absolutely! After recently being intrigued by in solar energy, I decided to build my own solar panel. In up and coming posts I will begin to show you how to build a simple solar panel and use it [...]

Solar Energy Tariffs Increase

Solar energy. What does it mean for the average Joe home owner? Recently the Ontario government had introduced the Green Bill which will increase the amount of payout to a home owner from .40 cents per Kw to .80 per Kw. Why? It is cheaper to give incentives to homers than to rebuild, replace or [...]