
Niagara tunnel will increase Ontario generation - EF News
NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO - Ontario Power Generation has granted a contract to an Austrian company to build a new 10.4-kilometre-long tunnel to increase electricity generation from the …
Report On Ontario Winter Peak Demand - EF News
TORONTO, ON - - This winter's average 20 minute peak demand for electricity in Ontario was 23,428 megawatts set January 17 at about 5 p.m. during maximum heating and lighting load …
Solar could provide 10% of generation by 2025 - study
• Installed solar PV prices are projected to decline from an average $5.50-$7.00 peak watt (15-32 cents kWh) today to $3.02-$3.82 peak watt (8-18 cents kWh) in 2015 to $1.43-$1.82 peak …
SunPower achieves new efficiency record - EF News
"For the same reason, increased efficiency reduces the cost per watt and cost per kilowatt-hour for feedstock and materials, depreciation and other manufacturing expenses, installation time, …
Measuring all those Wii devices - EF News
- It was an experiment waiting to happen: a freezing cold cabin that had been left in winter shutdown mode for a month; a brand new "smart meter," a digital electricity gauge installed by …
Falling silicon prices pressure thin-film solar - EF News
TOKYO, JAPAN - A collapse in silicon prices threatens to put the heat on solar panel makers that use little of the material, such as Japan's Sharp Corp and even low-cost industry darling First …
GE makes faster EV battery charger - EF News
GE makes faster EV battery charger- EF News
NIMBY: Nukes In My Backyard - EF News
"Our goal is to generate electricity for 10 cents a watt anywhere in the world," says John Deal, chief executive of Hyperion. They will cost approximately $25 million each. For a community …
A little light reading - EF News
- With Ottawa and several provinces poised to ban sale of incandescent light bulbs by 2012, many Canadians are ...
Knoxville home powered by solar energy - EF News
The 14.28-kilowatt system should make the house, owned by Edward and Lynda Primka, close to energy independent thanks to an energy efficiency overhaul of the sprawling 1970s home and …