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BCSEA News & Views

Solar Grid Parity in BC - When will it Happen?

By Guy Dauncey on May 23, 2013

 From the first solar cells in 1883 with their 1% efficiency to today’s research lab cells that claim over 40% efficiency, the progress of the solar revolution has been bumpy and often uncomfortable for the major solar players, but it has been nonetheless steady.

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  • Low Carbon Training Wheels: The Elusive World of Carbon Neutrality
    By Guy Dauncey on Apr 30, 2013
  • CLIMATE ACTION NOW
    By Guy Dauncey on Apr 8, 2013
  • BCSEA Welcomes BC Government’s Commitment to Clean Energy Vehicles
    By Guy Dauncey on Mar 26, 2013
  • The Future of Wind Energy in BC
    By Guy Dauncey on Mar 22, 2013

Upcoming Events

Transforming the Market – BC’s Clean Energy Vehicle Program

May 28, 2013, Victoria BC
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Starting in 2007, based on a need to meet legislated greenhouse gas emissions targets and an understanding that electric vehicles were coming, British Columbia initiated actions in support of electric vehicles. 

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  • National Aboriginal Economic Development Symposium 2013 Renewable Energy Forum
    May 29, 2013, Victoria
  • Douglas College: Green Jobs Networking and Information Session
    May 29, 2013, Douglas College, New Westminster Campus, Room 1808
  • BC Natural Gas Symposium
    June 04, 2013, Vancouver
  • Straw Bale Building, with Chris Magwood
    June 08, 2013, Victoria
  • BCSEA Webinar: Algae Biofuels
    June 11, 2013, GoToWebinar

Sustainable Energy in the News

Electric Avenue: Solar Road Panels Offer Asphalt Alternative

Sören Harder Spiegel | May 24, 2013

 An American couple has found a surprising alternative to conventional asphalt motorways: solar road panels. In addition to providing electricity, saving oil and melting fresh snow, it could also prevent accidents.

 

A lot of thought is put into how much energy we use to drive from point A to B. But what if the road itself could generate energy? Julie and Scott Brusaw, a married couple from Sandpoint, Idaho, have taken on just such a concept, which they hope will make the auto transport of the future cleaner and safer.

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  • China becoming ‘world’s renewable energy leader’
    Japan Times | April 29, 2013
  • Carbon Neutral Energy: Taking Biofuels to the Next Level
    The Energy Collective, Kris Settle | April 18, 2013
  • Energy Efficiency Loans: Pensylvania Succeeds in Bundling Transactions
    The Energy Collective | March 12, 2013
  • Even France Can Go 100% Renewables
    Clean Technica | March 11, 2013
  • LEDs will soon light your home
    Grist, John Upton | March 6, 2013
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