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Team Alberta represents in Solar Decathlon

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Representatives from the University of Calgary, SAIT Polytechnic, Mount Royal College and the Alberta College of Art + Design have arrived back from Washington where they were participating in the Solar Decathlon Competition. .

The competition challenges 20 teams from the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Germany and Spain to design and construct a home that exceeds in architecture, market viability, engineering, lighting design, communications, comfort zone, hot water, appliances, home entertainment, and net metering.

Learn more about Team Alberta's Solabode here.

Follow the teams progress on the Solar Decathlon website found here.

SkyFire supplied the pro-solar racking for the solar electric array and provided some technical assistance.

 
SkyFire Energy introduces new Solar Energy Station!

SkyFire Energy's new Solar Energy Station debuts at the 2009 Community Natural Foods stampede breakfast

SkyFire Solar Energy Station

The Tragically Hick made note of how there was comparatively little feedback due to the quality of the electricity from the pure sine wave inverter inside.

SkyFire's Solar Energy Station has 720 Watts of solar installed on an adjustable rack on the roof. The Xantrex XW System inside can provide 4000 W of AC power! The Solar Energy Station will be powering many Calgary and area events this summer. Contact us for more details on how we can help you with power requirements for your next event.

 
Four Calgary schools go Solar!

Calgary Academy: 1.0 kW Grid Tie

Calgary Academy

Langevin School: 700 W Grid Tie

Calgary Academy

 

Forest Lawn High School: 700 W Grid Tie

Calgary Academy

 

Cochrane High School: Enerworks system

Calgary Academy

SkyFire Energy has worked with both students and teachers to install three grid tied solar electric systems and a 4-collector solar hot water heating system on Calgary and surrounding schools. All of the systems include system monitoring with the three electric systems ouput soon to be available on the web. Click on the photos above for more information.

 
Article: Private PV installation a sign of things to come in sunny Alberta

Renewable Energy Focus Article by Mark Wolfe, PhD

Better known internationally for its mountain parks and vast tracts of oil sands, Alberta may also soon emerge as the most progressive province for solar development in Canada – a country lagging in development of this technology.

That is, if early adopters of photovoltaic (PV) technology like Luc Savoie have anything to say about it. Savoie this autumn threw the switch on a 7.2 kilowatt (kW) PV array mounted on his home.. read more.

Click here for system details and additional install photos.

 
 


 
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