Green Energy Futures: Karl Kovacs on the roof with his 24-panel solar electric system that will produce almost as much electricity as he consumes. - 1
Green Energy Futures: Les Wold of Effect Homes a net-zero home builder in Edmonton, Alberta. Passive solar provides almost half the heat in this net-zero home, while solar PV powers a air-to-air heat exchanger that provides the rest of the heat.
Green Energy Futures: Toronto's WindShare wind turbine is a 600 MW unit operating right in the heart of the city, as seen from Dufferin Street in Toronto.
Green Energy Futures: The Toronto Wind Turbine was the first one of it's size in a major metropolitan setting in North America.
Green Energy Futures: Speaking of distributed energy, people just like to hang out at Toronto's wind turbine installed at Exposition Place in the heart of Canada's largest city.
Green Energy Futures: Warren Sarauer Evergreen and Gold Renewable Energy in Edmonton, Alberta produces distributed solar energy on-site in this renovated near net zero office building in Edmonton.
Green Energy Futures: Two 50 kilowatt wind turbines provide distriubted energy at Université St. Anne in Church Point, Nova Scotia.
Green Energy Futures: Chris Baber with the natural gas back up and peak boilers at the False Creek Energy Centre that get most of its heat from heat exchangers installed in the sewage system of Vancouver.
Green Energy Futures: Gas-fueled engines are used to produce combined heat and power in many on-site applications, such as this Nexterra project at UBC.
Green Energy Futures: This V12 engine is cranking out 254 kilowatts of electricity 24-7 running on methane gas created from cow manure - distributed energy in action.
Green Energy Futures: James Callaghan in the engine room of the Maryland Farms biogas operation near Lindsay, Ontario. The 500 kilowatt distributed energy biogas system produces energy right at the farm reducing the need for long distance transmission.
Green Energy Futures: Two high efficiency gas boilers being used by Lawrence Grassi School in Canmore, Alberta.
Green Energy Futures: Brent Harris CTO Sustainable Energy Technologies in the company's testing lab in Calgary. Inverters being manufactured by the Calgary company are destined for the German market where solar producers are installing battery systems with their solar systems
Green Energy Futures: Testing inverters at Sustainable Energy Technologies - 04
Green Energy Futures: Testing inverters at Sustainable Energy Technologies in Calgary, Alberta.
Green Energy Futures: Testing inverters at Sustainable Energy Technologies in Calgary, Alberta.
Green Energy Futures: Testing inverters at Sustainable Energy Technologies in Calgary Alberta. These investers are being built for battery storage systems for the German maket.
Green Energy Futures: Distributed energy provide energy locally first reducing the need for the long distance transmission of energy.
Green Energy Futures: Brent Harris CTO Sustainable Energy Technologies with a conventional silcon module and a thin film solar module (right).
Green Energy Futures: Brent Harris CTO Sustainable Energy Technologies with a conventional solar module. His company builds inverters for solar systems and for battery storage sytems for the German market.
Green Energy Futures: Jason Zurowski EECOL Electric in the control room for the company's 47 kilowatt distributed solar energy system.
Green Energy Futures: Jason Zurowski of EECOL Electric on the roof containing the company's 47 kilowatt solar system.
Green Energy Futures: Jason Zurowski of EECOL Electric and Anouk Kendall president of WADE Canada among the 189 solar modules that comprise EECOL's distributed solar energy system on their Calgary store.
Green Energy Futures: Jason Zurowski EECOL Electric Anouk Kendall president of WADE Canada talking about distributed energy.
Green Energy Futures: The 47 kilowatt solar system at EECOL Electric's store in Calgary consists of 189 solar modules.
Green Energy Futures: The 47.2 kilowatt solar system on EECOL Electric Store in Calgary is an example of distributed energy.
Green Energy Futures: EECOL Electric in Calgary is a new supplier of solar equipment and the store itself features a 47.2 kilowatt solar system on their Calgary store.
Green Energy Futures: Jason Zurowski of EECOL Electric with the solar energy display in thier Calgary store.
Green Energy Futures: EECOL Electric Store in Calgary - there is a 47.2 kilowatt distributed solar energy system on the roof
Green Energy Futures: Electric car charger at EECOL Electric Store in Calgary - 1