Hi, from The Great White North! VREC was approached in 2015 by Greenpeace to explore the possibility of installing photovoltaic solar in the Arctic hamlet of Clyde River, Naunavut. Residents of Clyde River had previously reached out to Greenpeace to assist them in the fight against underwater seismic blasting (an oil exploration method), which is […]
Solar energy has a reputation of being clean and green. But if you look beyond the marketing hype you will find that it is not always as “green” as it should be. In 2011 a spill from a Jinko Solar factory in China killed hundreds of fish and pigs that had been exposed to the […]
Posted by karen in Front, News, Our News, on June 22, 2016
VREC recently installed a solar energy system at Quest University in Squamish just in time for the city officially becoming a Solar City. The 4.1 kW grid-tie system was a student lead project that is primarily designed for educational purposes. Production from the system can be viewed on-line. The system uses Trina modules and AP […]
On March 30, 2016, BC’s first community-owned solar energy project was officially launched at Vancouver Cedar Cottage Cohousing located at 1733 East 33rd Avenue in East Vancouver. Solshare Energy’s 23 kW solar photovoltaic system, installed by Vancouver Renewable Energy, is situated on a multi-family residential cohousing complex and will provide electricity for the common areas. […]
We are often asked how much solar energy can be generated in Vancouver from a nominal kW of photovoltiac modules. Our best preforming system in the Lower Mainland is located in Richmond and generates 1,280 kWh / kW. The owner of the system has not made the detailed data available online publicly. But here is […]
VREC recently completed another grid-tie photovoltaic (PV) installation in East Vancouver. The fourteen module photovoltaic system mounted on the south-facing upper roof will produce approximately 4,200 kWh annually – enough to supply the average Vancouver home with nearly half its energy needs or to power an energy efficient household year-round. An average Canadian household uses […]
Combining Solar Energy and Tesla EV in Vancouver.
Eleven years ago we became the first contractor to install a grid-tie solar energy system in Vancouver (and as far as we know, the first one in BC). Over the decade since then, we have installed a range of residential, commercial and institutional systems. However, we have never seen a year like 2015. This year […]
Vancouver’s winter Bike to Work Week has wrapped up for another year, and once again VREC has dominated our industry sector. Actually, it appears that VREC was the only solar installer that participated in Bike to Work Week. VREC is committed to reducing fossil fuel consumption and other forms of pollution in all that we […]
We have put together an interactive map of the solar energy installations we have done since 2004 Zoom out to view our installations outside the Lower Mainland.In some cases you can see the current production of the solar energy systems. Click on the icon for the link. You can also see a map of just […]