The recent storms and power outages here on BC’s south coast have many people thinking about how to generate power when the grid goes down. A solar photovoltaic (PV) system combined with a battery array is one option to consider.
We often have people contact us who are interested in taking their home or commercial building “off the grid.” Taking a building completely off the grid can be difficult and expensive. A more realistic target is a “net-zero” building. This type of building is still connected to the grid but produces as much power as […]
VREC helped facilitate the installation of the first solar photovoltaic (electric) grid-tie system in the city of New Westminster. Most of BC is serviced by BC Hydro. BC Hydro has allowed solar photovoltaic connections to its grid for seven years now. But the City of New Westminster has it’s own utility which did not have […]
With the looming HST now is time to look at buying a solar energy system. Currently both solar photovoltaic (electric) and solar hot water systems are exempt from provincial sales tax. But that will change July 1st with the introduction of the HST. So that means an effective 7% increase in the price of these […]