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EcoSmart received the 2015 Sustainability Award presented by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEGBC) for the SunMine Solar project.
The award recognizes recipients for demonstration outstanding commitment to sustainability principles in the practice of professional engineering and geoscience.
The graphs below show the daily energy output in kW during the first 42 days of operation of the 1 MWp SunMine solar plant. (June 6 to July 21 2015). Continue reading SunMine Energy Production
Shading from nearby or far obstacles may significantly reduces the PV plant efficiency.
Shading from nearby or far obstacles may significantly reduces the PV plant efficiency.
SunMine opening ceremony was held on July 27, 2015 in presence of ?AQ’AM First Nation Chief Jim Whitehead, Minister of Energy and Mines Bill Bennett, Teck Resources President and CEO Don Lindsay, ICE Fund Director Dan Green, EcoSmart President and CEO Michel de Spot, and many other dignitaries.
EcoSmart
The EcoSmart Foundation is a not-for-profit Canadian corporation based in Vancouver, BC. Canada. EcoSmart develops activities and projects fostering technical solutions and innovations towards a sustainable economy. In the past five years, it has increasingly focused its efforts on renewable energy, in particular PV solar energy. EcoSmart operates out of Vancouver and is a governed by a board of directors, made up of volunteer members, from across the country, who represent research, government, and the private sector. EcoSmart has been primarily responsible for developing and incubating SunMine. Continue reading SunMine Partners & Quotes
The calculations take into account the angle of incidence, the ratio between direct and diffuse irradiation, the average ambient temperature and their effects on PV efficiency.
The maps are based on a 10 km x 10 km grid, i.e. each ‘pixel’ represents an area of 10 x 10 km, an extremely fine resolution.
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CBC news CB : Very paper and video (at the end of the paper) about the SunMine project (In French)