The Archives
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03.23.08Canadian Photovoltaic Company Looks Abroad For Business"Solar power will cost next to nothing. The fuel – the sun – is free. The price of the photovoltaic cells used to covert sunlight into electricity will plummet. Just give it time. " That's what Ian MacLellan, the founder, vice-chairman and chief technology officer of Arise Technologies says. Arise Technologies is a Canadian photovoltaic (PV) cell company that can't seem to get much business going in Canada and the US...so they're dealing with Germany. Apparently Germany is crazy for solar energy these days, enough to warrant funding Arise to build a factory in Bischofswerda(outside of Dresden, in Eastern Germany) that's estimated ...
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03.16.08Kelowna Gets a Solar MakeoverKelowna, BC is getting a shiny new set of solar powered LED lights at their city hall, as well as a bunch parks and transit facilities. Thanks in part to a nice big $500,000 grant from the Canadian Federal Government, and Carmanah, the makers of the lighting technology being used, more than matching that with about $530,000 worth of lights....considering the city is only putting up the installation costs(quoted at $128,000), that's a pretty nice deal. According to Carmanah, the EverGen solar-powered area lights they will be installing, use batteries with a five to six year lifespan, and LED light fixtures with 10 year lifespans. Pretty ...
