Anja A.

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A New Decade | Can We Beat Peak Oil?

Anja A. posted an article on - Jan 1, 2011, 8:56 pm
" My advice to all governments, to all companies, including the conventional power companies - don't make new large investments for conventional energies.       It will become stranded investments in the next decade."  Dr. Hermann Scheer, October 2008     Oil has served two pu...
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Financing Deal to Create Renewable Energy Careers

Anja A. posted an article on - Dec 29, 2010, 12:12 am
contributing author: Ryan Hallett SkyPower, Ltd. (SkyPower), and Deutsche Bank have signed a deal to finance two new solar parks in Ontario that will add 18.5 MW of production capacity to the province’s renewable energy industry. The financing will help SkyPower erect a 10 MW installation in...
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From Solar Calculators to Renewable Energy Careers

Anja A. posted an article on - Dec 16, 2010, 12:34 am
contributing author: Ryan Hallett . When I was a kid, solar panels powered calculators, and that was about it. Renewable energy was a hobby, not a career path, let alone an industry. There was the odd off-grid system, but besides these, a few calculators, and some aerospace applications, solar...
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Scarcity, Sustainability & The Illusion of Choice

Anja A. posted an article on - Dec 6, 2010, 9:56 pm
. Concepts we hold to be true can be influenced by group consensus, evidential facts or false claims, the political climate, religion and more relevant to most of us - the drone of media. In fact we often wind up being conditioned to believe something fed to us through the media over and...
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Largest PV Facility in the World | Landmark Solar Expansion Employs 800 PV-Trained Workers

Anja A. posted an article on - Nov 25, 2010, 9:00 am
contributing author: Ryan Hallett  . Enbridge, Inc. and First Solar, Inc. have recently completed expansion of a solar panel installation in Sarnia, Ontario, making it the largest PV installation in the world. The site, which previously operated at a capaci...
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Opel Solar Granted US Patent for Latest PV Installation Technology

Anja A. posted an article on - Nov 23, 2010, 10:49 pm
contributing author: Ryan Hallett Opel Solar, Inc. (Opel), recently announced that the US Patent Office has approved a patent for its latest high concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) module. The new technology promises to increase the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of solar PV installations. T...
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Three Innovations That Will Make Solar Power Easier and More Affordable

Anja A. posted an article on - Nov 19, 2010, 12:38 am
contributing author: Kriss Bergethon Solar power as we know it has been around for almost a century. Many people believe that its still the same basic technology that helped power early spacecraft and the White House in the 1970's. But advancements over the past 10 years have brought solar to ...
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IRENA - Building a New Energy Agency

Anja A. posted an article on - Nov 15, 2010, 12:33 am
On the 24th and 25th October, the International Renewable Energy Agency held it's fourth session of the Preparatory Commission in Abu Dhabi. All together 300 delegates attended from more than 100 countries. IRENA's Preparatory Commission held it's first conference in Bonn, Germany in January of 2009...
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Japan Claims Canada's FIT Program Violates WTO Rules

Anja A. posted an article on - Nov 8, 2010, 1:48 pm
. "This article highlights the conflict of a globalized market with the idea and value in community and local solutions for energy generation due to standing global policies governing business. A similar problem surfaced between China and the U.S. this year." A. Atkinson Article courtesy of Ontar...
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IKEA Canada Makes Renewable Energy Investment

Anja A. posted an article on - Oct 27, 2010, 6:41 pm
contributing author: Leslie Clark IKEA Canada is financing the installation of 3790 solar panels at three of its stores in the Greater Toronto Area. Company executives have agreed to install 1280 panels at its store in Etobicok, 1250 in North York, and 1260 in Vaughan. Totaling $4.6 million, this r...
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The UK Keeps Solar Feed-in-Tariffs

Anja A. posted an article on - Oct 21, 2010, 1:37 am
. George Osbourne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, the British Minister responsible for all economic and financial matters, has announced the UK's financial plans that won't see any immediate cuts to solar feed-in-tariffs. Earlier in the year the newly elected coalition government indicated significant...
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Hermann Scheer 1944 - 2010

Anja A. posted an article on - Oct 17, 2010, 9:57 pm
. I would like to pay tribute to Dr. Hermann Scheer who passed away at the age of 66 on October 14, 2010. He was unlike anyone in the world of renewable energy, a pioneer and a passionate advocate for a better world. Dr. Scheer was the embodiment of the renewable energy revolution - and we knew it w...
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The Post Carbon Reader - Managing the 21st Century's Sustainability Crises

Anja A. posted an article on - Oct 14, 2010, 6:22 pm
. The launch of the Post Carbon Institutes latest publication this week - The Post Carbon Reader - is now available to order through the University of California Press and later this month through Amazon.com and B&N. Published by Watershed Media. Here’s an overview: In the 20st Century, cheap and...
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Farm for the Future | Film about Energy and Food

Anja A. posted an article on - Oct 9, 2010, 4:16 pm
. Using the microcosmic example of the farm, wildlife filmmaker Rebecca Hoskins explores our most important questions about global fossil fuel energy consumption in food production. With a rational outlook on how we can truly achieve sustainability, rather that getting hung up on when peak oil will ...
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New UOIT Lab Searches for Renewable Energy Solutions

Anja A. posted an article on - Oct 8, 2010, 1:56 am
Contributing Author: Matt Lee Oshawa’s University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) opened a state-of-the-art, multi-million dollar laboratory earlier this month. The purpose of the facility, known as the Clean Energy Research Laboratory (CERL), is not only to run experiments, but also to ...
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Ontario Building Momentum in Solar Installation

Anja A. posted an article on - Oct 1, 2010, 12:55 am
Contributing Author: Simon Hall According to a recent report by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC), Ontario was the third-largest North American market for solar photovoltaic (PV) installation in 2009. In total, the province installed 46 megawatts (MW) of solar PV last year, behind only...
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Solar Leasing: An Exciting New Way to Get Solar Panels

Anja A. posted an article on - Sep 17, 2010, 11:22 pm
contributing author: Kriss Bergethon There are many ways to go about getting solar panels on your home. Most of them involve hiring a good contractor to design and install a system on your roof. And, unfortunately, it often involves spending a lot of money up front on t...
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Measuring Home Energy Use

Anja A. posted an article on - Sep 12, 2010, 3:44 am
Staying warm, cooking food, bathing, and driving to work are essential functions in our daily lives. Remove for a moment the stove, the hot water, the heated cozy home and your car and we see the vital, integral thread of energy in our daily lives. Electricity has been invisibly supplied in t...
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Top 20 Solar and Renewable Energy Job Sites

Anja A. posted an article on - Aug 23, 2010, 10:15 pm
This is our second year posting a list of sites to find solar energy jobs and renewable energy jobs. We've rounded the list to our top 20 sites for 2010. One thing is sure, we are in the midst of a global transition from old power systems to sustainable energy generation. An overwhelming response...
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China Now | Why China's Energy Plan is Working

Anja A. posted an article on - Aug 14, 2010, 11:46 pm
Pause for a moment and contemplate what China's energy brings to mind, while I share a short word on popular media. Globally we all ingest media, an often uncensored menu on today's tough issues, sending some of us ever deeper into a depressing vision of imminent global environmental catastrophe. We...
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Interview | Kriss Bergethon owner of Solar Sphere

Anja A. posted an article on - Aug 1, 2010, 3:01 pm
. We are starting our - Interview with Experts Series - with Kriss Bergethon owner of Solar Sphere. Kriss and his wife have been living off-grid in Colorado for many years and we wanted to ask him a few questions about how he got started with solar and what advice he had for others ...
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Will the U.S. Scrap the Renewable Energy Standard?

Anja A. posted an article on - Jul 25, 2010, 1:29 am
The far reaching and well planned climate and energy bill may not go forward for the U.S.  At this point it's hard to see a clear reason why the U.S. seems to be leaning toward scrapping it's renewable energy standard (RES) plans.  Without directive government policy the renewables market in the U...
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SolarBlox | Campaign Brings Solar Awareness to America's Small Communities

Anja A. posted an article on - Jul 20, 2010, 9:30 am
Press release from Global Solar Center  In a climate full of disinformation, SolarBlox seeks to provide the public  with a standarized method of learning about solar energy based  on something they are inherently familiar with:their own property PRLog (Pre...
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5 Easy & Affordable Ways To Use Solar Power

Anja A. posted an article on - Jul 18, 2010, 9:39 pm
By Kriss Bergethon There is so much talk of green and clean energy these days, most people have at least thought about how they can use solar in their lives. The problem is that with a tough economy and a bleak job market, most people just don’t have the money to invest in solar. Here are ...
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2010 Ashden Awards

Anja A. posted an article on - Jul 15, 2010, 9:29 pm
. "We champion practical, local energy solutions that cut carbon, protect the environment, reduce poverty and improve people’s lives" - that in a nutshell describes the Ashden Awards. Created in 2001 the Ashden Awards serve to reward, encourage and support the achievements of sustainable energy p...
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Cool-N-Save | Save up to 30% on Air Conditioning

Anja A. posted an article on - Jul 10, 2010, 4:06 pm
. With warmer weather upon us, air conditioners are on and costing us more in energy at this time of year. Larger populations are putting stress on aging energy grids and causing blackouts, like the one in Toronto this past week. In North America we share one grid that connects everyone in the U.S...
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Oil Industry Problems Persist

Anja A. posted an article on - Jul 8, 2010, 11:41 pm
. It is sad beyond words and horrifying to see the deep ocean oil well disaster continuing to unfold in the Gulf of Mexico. It's business as usual in the Oil Industry. They operate like a pack of crack heads needing a fix. Nothing else matters. We need to drill for more! The destruction to wil...
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Global Solar Center | Quality Service

Anja A. posted an article on - Jul 6, 2010, 1:33 am
. Global Solar Center based in New York state provides a comprehensive solar consulting service, providing FREE quotes to residential and commercial customers across the U.S. For the majority of us the process of installing solar panels from start to finish can't be done without consulting and h...
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U.S. Solar Installers | Cooler Planet Connects You

Anja A. posted an article on - May 29, 2010, 9:00 am
. Cooler Planet is a unique company with a clear philosophy. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was created and is run by passionate environmentalists with backgrounds in software engineering and online marketing. Through their own efforts to reduce personal carbon footprints, they learned that i...
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UK Drops Low Carbon Buildings Programme | Keeps FITS

Anja A. posted an article on - May 27, 2010, 9:32 pm
. The UK's coalition government headed by Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron and Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minster Nick Clegg have handed out swift cuts to the department of Energy and Climate Change to the tune of £85 million as part of their goal to cut 6 billion in government spending...
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Complaining or Taking Action

Anja A. posted an article on - Apr 25, 2010, 11:18 am
. Complaining about the state of the world is at epidemic proportions. Hand-wringing, reactionary postures and useless sarcasm have become nothing more than a bad habit, that serves nothing except to irritate the rest of us, who honestly wish you would all shut up. It's like being on a camping tri...
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Renewables Interactive Global Map | REN21

Anja A. posted an article on - Apr 16, 2010, 1:06 am
. REN21 is a global "policy" network connecting governments, NGOs and international organizations to facilitate a transition to renewable energy systems globally. They provide a forum that serves to aid international leadership on renewable energy deployment with the understanding that across the...
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The UKs New Low Carbon Rewards

Anja A. posted an article on - Apr 8, 2010, 12:40 am
. As promised The UK has introduced 2 carbon reducing incentive programs for homes and businesses with a goal of reducing carbon emissions by 34% of targets set for 1990. The two wings that make this plan fly are FITs or Feed in Tariffs for home owners, and CRCEES - that's Carbon Reduction Com...
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Solar Big Business and You

Anja A. posted an article on - Mar 23, 2010, 10:14 pm
. Seeing solar companies on a historic business roll and punch in a global market like First Solar, Juwi or China's Sunergy shows us that the energy market is adapting to something better and that energy production is changing rapidly within the context of on-going and growing global energy dema...
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CRUDE - directed by Joe Berlinger

Anja A. posted an article on - Jan 27, 2010, 12:09 am
. Having been immersed in this intense consumption driven lifestyle for the last 60 years, we are now attempting to extricate our habitation on the planet from the carelessness pursuit of using everything in our path to meet our needs. Sounds strangely like an addiction. We are making progress ho...
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About Me

I enjoy promoting sustainable living. Today it means so much more than living a simple life. It embraces an understanding of our place in the natural world. Solar energy for home living is essential to developing the sustainable systems we must transform our communities and cities into. Come visit me at Solar Home Review to catch some inspiration for solar home energy. Thanks for following me here on Blogged.

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