This year the Solar Power International Innovations (SPI) was held in Anaheim, California. I Mikhail Ivanchikov attend on behalf of Dandelion Renewables. It was nice to experience the lovely weather for a week, leaving Edmonton covered in snow for a sunny and warm California. The show and information there was so valuable and intense that I had
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Owners: Ken and Florence Stemo Owner Comments We had been thinking about getting solar energy for our farm for some time and contacted three companies for quotes. All three responded with quotes, but only Mikhail, the owner of Dandelion Renewables came to view our property. We found Mikhail to be very personable, and very knowledgeable
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I love micro hydro. When done the right way, it can be environmentally friendly, have minimal ecological impact, simple, efficient and robust. My first job in renewable energy was with Smart Hydro Power, a German company selling 1m diameter floating river turbines which generate up to 5kW of electricity. It’s an exciting industry with a
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How Solar PV Works with BC Hydro-Net Metering The BC Hydro-Net Metering program allows for homeowners and business owners to generate electricity to offset their electricity needs, using renewable energy sources such as solar power, wind power and water power (micro-hydro). “Net metering” generally means that at each billing period (e.g. every two months with
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At Dandelion Renewables we design and build energy storage systems that use batteries for various applications including off-grid energy, grid backup, and grid peak demand shaving. We are passionate about using the latest and most cost-effective technologies for each system we provide. One of the emerging technologies that we are excited about is V2G (Vehicle-To-Grid)
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In the month of July 2018, Dandelion Renewables installed community solar systems near Nelson, British Columbia. We built three solar PV systems on community buildings in Balfour, BC, near Nelson, with a combined solar capacity of 67KW DC. These three projects complement Nelson Hydro’s own 60KW DC community solar garden project that was built to
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As North America transitions from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, more and more people will be switching from Natural Gas furnaces to electric heating. How might this transition take place? Some good souls may do it out of the good of their heart, but for most people, it will have to be economically incentivized
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You may have seen the graphs, maps and diagrams saying how much solar potential we have in Western Canada, yet places like Germany are still so far ahead of us. If we have so much more sun, why would we not install as much solar as we possibly can? The answer lies primarily in 1)
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Source: https://solect.com/deep-dive-c-pace-solar-financing/ One of the greatest challenges facing Albertans who want to invest in a renewable energy project, or energy efficiency measures for their home, is finding a way to pay for it. Both renewable energy and energy efficiency projects can be significant financial investments, which often do not fit easily within household
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Residential Solar Program in Edmonton is now open for applications. This exciting news was announced by The City of Edmonton Change Homes for Climate. In addition to the Alberta Residential Solar Program, the City’s incentive will be paid at the rate of $0.15/W of installed capacity. When combined with the Alberta program, the City of
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Owners: Martin Rybiak Owner Comments Dandelion employees are very competent at their work, very professional, courteous and friendly in their dealings with us. They took care of all the paperwork and kept us posted at every stage of the project. The system is working very well. We especially like that we can log in by
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The electrical utility has a meter at each site, which records the electricity consumed at the site so that the site owner can be billed for the power used. However, the measurements taken by the utility meter are typically only shared with the customer as a monthly total, with no information about which devices at
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