Tag: solar
Queen’s Developed Solar Technology Generates Buzz at International Conference
After publicly launching its new solar power technology in San Francisco at the largest solar conference and trade show in North America, SPARQ is drawing a large amount of attention for what many in the field are calling a potential game changer in the solar industry. The technology is a compact, lightweight photovoltaic microinverter – [...]
Iron Man’s Tony Stark Based on Former Queen’s U. Student
When Iron Man director, Jon Favreau, was looking for someone to model the character of billionaire Tony Stark on, the film’s star Robert Downey Jr told him, “We need to sit down with Elon Musk.” The same Elon Musk who emigrated to Canada (his mother’s homeland) in 1989 and soon enrolled as a student at [...]
Manufacturing Solar Panels Lucrative for Government
Solar power manufacturing makes good business sense for governments, according to a Queen’s University Applied Sustainability Research Group. Their report argues that Canadian and Provincial governments could spend $2.4 billion to build a large scale solar photovoltaic manufacturing plant, then give it away for free and still earn a profit in the long run. The [...]
Ontario Government Gives Kingston $80K to Go Green
A community-based, youth-led social marketing program at St. Lawrence College is receiving $64,750 to help Kingston go green. The program has the goal of making Kingston the most sustainable city in Canada through curriculum activities, door-to-door campaigns and pledges to reduce carbon consumption. Kingston’s Alternative Energy Cluster, SWITCH, will also receive $16,728 to organize the [...]
Axio Power Awarded 90 MW Solar Project
Large-scale utility solar developer Axio Power announced that it has been awarded 90MW of distributed, ground-mounted solar power projects by the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) Feed-In Tariff program. The program is an initiative of the Province’s breakthrough Green Energy and Economy Act. An additional 50 MW of projects for Axio Power is pending final approval, [...]
