Renewable energy/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Wind farm
Wind power

Storing power from wind farms

...energythat is often dumped from wind farms at off-peak hours, and to be able to ramp up the supply instantly with stored greenenergy. ”We have a lot ofenergyfrom the windmills and sometimes it just gets lost because there isn't enough demand for the electricity", said a spokeswoman for Belgium's North Sea ministe...

tidal power generators
Renewable energy

Tidal generators offer a predictable supply of renewable energy

...renewableenergies, noise and unpredictability. After a brief stagnant period as the tide peaks, water begins to return to the sea, causing turbines to automatically rotate and begin generating power again. The success of that pilot project earned Verdant Power the first ever commercial licence in the U.S. for tidal ...

Bullfrog clean power
Renewable energy

Bullfrog Power makes clean renewable energy available to all of us.

...energysystem as their customers have used. By voluntarily paying a premium for greenenergy, you are creating market demand for morerenewablepower sources. Since Bullfrog's launch, several new wind projects have been commissioned in Canada to meet the demand of their customers. While Bullfrog Power is not yet avai...

Off-grid home with solar PV & Battery backup
Off-grid and Net-Zero Housing

Thinking about renewable home energy and a battery backup?

...renewableenergy. Guided by that sort of thinking, from a climate-conscience point of view, it is your local power source that really determines whether you will be reducing your personal emissions by installing solar panels. Installing home battery systems: In the earlier days of off-grid home construction and h...

Renewable energy wind farm
Renewable energy

What is clean energy?

...energy成本因素。What are RECs (RenewableEnergyCertificates)? The primary objective of therenewableenergy-generation market is, of course, to provide low-carbonenergyto run our homes, businesses and communities. Born of that service, is a valuable by-product -RenewableEnergyCertificates. For ever...

Trinity portable wind turbine for charging devices
Wind power

The Trinity portable wind turbine will charge your gadgets on the go.

...renewableenergygenerators will stop climate change, and yes, we agree that it will take more than that. What devices such as this do is create an awareness of the importance of ending our reliance on fossil fuels, and they remind people of the need to developrenewablecleanenergysources if we are to have any impac...

Ontario climate change action plan
Grants and incentives

Ontario announces ambitious climate change action plan to reduce emissions

...renewableenergyin place already, no other province has taken such a proactive stance on addressing the elephant in the room - transportation. Quebec buildings are powered exclusively byrenewablehydroelectricenergy, as is much of BC and Manitoba and others, but the perceivedenergycleanliness of any one of those...

Photovoltaic solar panels
Renewable energy

Solar heating and energy generation

...renewableenergyproduction essentially a noble, yet unprofitable undertaking for homeowners. Regardless of financial returns though, any homerenewableenergysystem is cleanenergyand will reduce the demand on ourenergy基础设施,以及随之而来的排放。被动式太阳能加热是…

Decentralized Energy Generation for LEED, Passive House & Green Homes
Renewable energy

Which is the Best Type of Home Energy Generation for Green Homes?

...energycontinuing to rise and a global push towardsenergyconservation andrenewableenergysolutions, we need to look into alternative ways of generating power. There’s an ever-growing concern towards the cost associated with electricity and more significantly - climate change. The use of pedal power and the produc...

Backyard solar panels
Grants and incentives

The Ontario MicroFIT program

...renewableenergyprojects across the province. As part of this initiative, they have developed a program which allows citizens to connect theirrenewableenergyprojects to the provincialenergygrid and receive premium prices for any excessenergyproduced above the needs of the property. In 2009, along with the i...

60 Minutes On This Bicycle Can Power Your Home For 24 Hours (In Theory Anyhow)
Renewable energy

Can you really power your home with a bicycle generator?

...energyconsumption and carbon footprint. Theoretically then moving towards home solar , wind power and even bicycle generators can make for a more efficient home, as you rely less on grid-fed power. Even in the greenest province or state withrenewableenergythere is still a significant amount of GHG emissions (gree...