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    Light Gatherer

    Solar collector panel on top of a parking meter in downtown Toronto.

    12May09-sunny-day-insolation

    Today was a sunny day, and I logged the output of some local solar energy facilities.

    See a similar graph for a cloudy day (with a different scale.)

    The vertical axis here is the amount of power that sunshine drops onto each square meter of earth. Note that...

    Cecelia Murphy Building - Doors Open Toronto 2007

    Cool city water flows from the building, into the solar collectors (panels) on the rooftop, gets heated up and flows into a utility room on the roof... The heated water then enters the boiler where residents can then take a solar shower in their units.

    Pictured here: heat...

    Hot Tin Roof

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    Global Warming versus Metallic Rooftops and Skylights

    True Blue

    The term 'True Blue' is supposed to derive from the blue cloth that was made at Coventry, England in the late middle ages. The town's dyers had a reputation for producing material that didn't fade with washing, it remained 'fast' or 'true'.

    Blue may refer to any number of...

Atlantic Wind and Solar Inc. Set for Rapid Expansion Through Operational ... MarketWatch (press release)

25.05.10

TORONTO, May 25, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Atlantic Wind and Solar Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AWSL) is pleased to provide the following summary confirming its progress and strategic goals for the development of photovoltaic (PV) solar energy parks in 2010-2011.

Since its inception, AWSL focused on a singular corporate goal: To establish itself as a significant player in the Renewable Energy (RE) industry through Solar and/or Wind Power, thus opening up avenues for strong corporate growth in what management regards as the true Growth Industry of the 21st Century.

Atlantic's new CEO Mr. Pierre Cousin comments, "Atlantic Wind and Solar has the right fundamentals to support its rapid expansion and the achievement of its strategic goals. We have a team of experts motivated to make the company successful; a strong pipeline with great relationships with future customers; strong partnerships with financial institutions, investors, real estate companies, landlords, and technology providers; a superior value proposition delivering far less stress to commercial building rooftops yet with the capability to deliver the absolute highest yields of energy known in the industry; and finally, last but not least, a company immersed in what is being regarded as the fastest growing industry in the world ."

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Solar Energy Initiative at York University. Why not convert York into an alternative energy university. ENVS York. Shine-Initiative. EcoYork ...

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CPV system maker OPEL Solar awarded $179000 by US Treasury Semiconductor Today
- Nov 06, 2009
CPV system maker OPEL Solar awarded $179000 by US Treasury Semiconductor Today SustainableBusiness.comCPV system maker OPEL Solar awarded $179000 by US TreasurySemiconductor TodayOPEL Solar Inc, a subsidiary of OPEL International Inc of Shelton, CT, USA and Toronto, Canada, which makes high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) panels, OPEL Solar, Inc. Awarded Treasury Payment Under American Recovery all 19 news articles »

CANADA TIP SHEET: Hofstra Bullish On Solar Power Wall Street Journal
- Oct 13, 2009
CANADA TIP SHEET: Hofstra Bullish On Solar Power Wall Street Journal Voice of AmericaCANADA TIP SHEET: Hofstra Bullish On Solar PowerWall Street JournalTORONTO (Dow Jones)--Alternative-energy projects are often dependent on the availability of funding, Students show how to heat, cool, watch TV electric bill-freeall 388 news articles »

T. Boone Pickens to launch Canadian investment fund focused on energy Winnipeg Free Press
- Nov 06, 2009
T. Boone Pickens to launch Canadian investment fund focused on energyWinnipeg Free PressThe so-called Pickens Plan calls for a number of changes such as investing in wind and solar energy, rebuilding the country's electrical grid and replacing and more »

Power Plays Wall Street Journal
- Oct 18, 2009
Power PlaysWall Street JournalTo help fuel that drive, the Chinese government is offering subsidies for construction of solar-energy plants and for rooftop installations. and more »

Western Wind Energy short listed for new power purchase agreements Reuters
- Oct 30, 2009
Western Wind Energy short listed for new power purchase agreementsReutersWestern Wind is in the business of owning and acquiring land sites and technology for the production of electricity from wind and solar energy. and more »