Published by backyard on Sep 29th, 2009 in Electrical, Gardens & Lawn Care, General Tips, Green Energy with No Comments
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.
The government [...]
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Published by backyard on Sep 9th, 2009 in Electrical, General Tips, Green Energy, Repairs - General with No Comments
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 that [...]
Tags: energy saving, green, hydro bill, lighting, solar
Published by backyard on Jun 22nd, 2009 in Electrical, General Tips, Green Energy, Repairs - General with 1 Comment
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 [...]
Tags: energy, green, hydro bill, save, solar
Published by backyard on Jun 18th, 2009 in General Tips, Green Energy, Repairs - General with No Comments
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 to [...]
Tags: DIY, energy, grid, solar
Published by backyard on Jun 11th, 2009 in Green Energy with 7 Comments
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 install [...]
Tags: energy, grid, solar, tariff