One of our suppliers, Canadian Solar Inc., just announced a year end sale on their PV panels. To take advantage of this sale, please Contact Us to place your order before Dec.31, 2012. Two modules are on sale: 240 Watt mono-crystalline : […]
A CBC news story yesterday featured a home in Burnaby where VREC installed a photovoltaic (solar energy) system.
As part of our commitment to educating the next generation about renewable energy, VREC was proud to be part of an installation at an elementary school in Vancouver. Admiral Seymour Elementary School installed a 2.4 kW grid-tie system on the roof of its east building. It was the first photovoltaic installation on a school in […]
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 […]
BC Hydro has applied to raise the rate paid for electricity generated under the net-metering program. This means that owners of solar photovoltaic, wind or micro-hydro energy systems will receive more for the excess energy they produce. Under the proposal rates will rise from 8.16 to 9.99 cents per kWh.
VREC was recently interviewed for an online Solar Panel Shopping Guide. Read about it here: http://ecoliving.scotiabank.com/articles/solar-panels-shopping-guide
We have special pricing on select Mitsubishi Solar Photovoltaic panels until the end of the month. Pricing starts at $2.61 / watt (plus shipping and HST) for these premium highly rated modules. Subject to minimum ordering requirements. For more general and updated PV panel pricing, please refer to PV panel sales page. And as always […]
The Princess and the Pea Bed and Breakfest in Langley yesterday reached the milestone of 1 MWh of clean energy being exported to the BC Hydro grid. VREC installed the solar photovoltaic system that utilizes Day4 Energy panels three years ago. Here is the press release from Princess and the Pea: Langley BC May 5, […]
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 […]