Information About Residential Solar Systems (and for more great info, visit www.OurPower.ca)
-Building permits for residential solar systems (PV and thermal) in the City of Toronto - (May 9/09)
-Community buying groups for solar system purchasing assistance: OurPower.ca (Note: you must log in to see the contents)
-Economics of owning a residential solar PV system with Ontario's new FITs program
-Insurance for your system
-Solar PV Community Action Manual (An OSEA publication from 2008)
-Solar system energy production and home energy use analysis (data from my own home)
-Tax implications from owing your own solar electric system
-Technical Issues Explained
-"Behind-The-Meter" and "In Front Of The Meter" grid connections
Grants and Other Financial Assistance For Ontario Homeowners
Federal ecoEnergy Program for solar hot water systems CANCELLED SUDDENLY BY OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT! Sad... a real mistake.
Interesting Articles about Solar Energy
Germany's latest annual report on Renewable Energy Development, 2009
Watching the prices of Solar PV drop
-Berkeley study charts the drop in installed PV prices in the U.S. from 1998 to 2007 Some interesting findings:
-a significant drop in prices 1998 to 2005, then flat for 2 years
-system cost reductions are primarily due to the non-module costs
-average annual reduction of $0.3/W, or 3.5%/yr in real dollars
-under 5 kW systems exhibited the largest absolute reduction
-distribution of installed costs, were indicative of a maturing market
-economies of scale: systems >750 kW averaged about 25% less than systems less than the smallest systems completed in 2006 or 2007
-The average cost of residential PV installations in 2007 (excluding sales/value added tax) in both Japan ($5.9/W) and Germany ($6.6/W) was
significantly below that in the United States ($7.9/W).
-Somewhat surprisingly, among systems <10 kW and installed in 2006 or 2007, those with thin-film modules were found to cost $0.5/W more, on
average, than those employing crystalline modules!
-module costs represent just over 50% of total installed costs, while inverter costs represent just under 10%
-module index prices dropped by only $0.8/W from 1998-2007, and increased somewhat from 2003-2007
See the Executive Summary and some other interesting excerpts here.
International Energy Agency Forecasts Solar PV System Costs to Meet Grid Parity by 2020 to 2030, With help from Governments
-They also expect that solar will provide 22 percent world's power by 2050
Solar Insolation Maps
-Map Canadian of solar insolation
-Map of U.S. (NREL)
Solar system Pictures
-My Home (not set up at this time)
-Tremco/Arise Technologies Rooftop Tracker Demonstration (not set up at this time)
-Exhibition Place Rooftop (not set up at this time)
-Building permits for residential solar systems (PV and thermal) in the City of Toronto - (May 9/09)
-Community buying groups for solar system purchasing assistance: OurPower.ca (Note: you must log in to see the contents)
-Economics of owning a residential solar PV system with Ontario's new FITs program
-Insurance for your system
-Solar PV Community Action Manual (An OSEA publication from 2008)
-Solar system energy production and home energy use analysis (data from my own home)
-Tax implications from owing your own solar electric system
-Technical Issues Explained
-"Behind-The-Meter" and "In Front Of The Meter" grid connections
Grants and Other Financial Assistance For Ontario Homeowners
Federal ecoEnergy Program for solar hot water systems CANCELLED SUDDENLY BY OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT! Sad... a real mistake.
Interesting Articles about Solar Energy
Germany's latest annual report on Renewable Energy Development, 2009
Watching the prices of Solar PV drop
-Berkeley study charts the drop in installed PV prices in the U.S. from 1998 to 2007 Some interesting findings:
-a significant drop in prices 1998 to 2005, then flat for 2 years
-system cost reductions are primarily due to the non-module costs
-average annual reduction of $0.3/W, or 3.5%/yr in real dollars
-under 5 kW systems exhibited the largest absolute reduction
-distribution of installed costs, were indicative of a maturing market
-economies of scale: systems >750 kW averaged about 25% less than systems less than the smallest systems completed in 2006 or 2007
-The average cost of residential PV installations in 2007 (excluding sales/value added tax) in both Japan ($5.9/W) and Germany ($6.6/W) was
significantly below that in the United States ($7.9/W).
-Somewhat surprisingly, among systems <10 kW and installed in 2006 or 2007, those with thin-film modules were found to cost $0.5/W more, on
average, than those employing crystalline modules!
-module costs represent just over 50% of total installed costs, while inverter costs represent just under 10%
-module index prices dropped by only $0.8/W from 1998-2007, and increased somewhat from 2003-2007
See the Executive Summary and some other interesting excerpts here.
International Energy Agency Forecasts Solar PV System Costs to Meet Grid Parity by 2020 to 2030, With help from Governments
-They also expect that solar will provide 22 percent world's power by 2050
Solar Insolation Maps
-Map Canadian of solar insolation
-Map of U.S. (NREL)
Solar system Pictures
-My Home (not set up at this time)
-Tremco/Arise Technologies Rooftop Tracker Demonstration (not set up at this time)
-Exhibition Place Rooftop (not set up at this time)
Sun, Wind and Water
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