Solar Panels

• Alberta introduces $14 solar panel recycling fee, landfill ban

  Solar industry associations and advocates have said the Alberta government's $14 price tag is far too steep, punitive and being imposed without clear accounting to back it up.

  Consumer

  Sep 4
  
• Solar panel project outside Taber repurposes orphan well sites

  RenuWell Energy Solutions aims to repurpose land with its solar panel projects.

  Canada

  Oct 22, 2024
  
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• Peterborough firefighters tackle solar panel on fire at south-end home

  Peterborough Fire Services platoon chief Jeff Guest said just before noon on Thursday, firefighters responded to a fire at a home on Crawford Drive and found solar panels on fire.

  Fire

  May 31, 2024
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• Incentive imbalance? Alberta municipalities differ on solar panel installation rewards

  Skyrocketing utility costs have some Alberta homeowners weighing an investment in residential solar panels, but the incentives offered vary from town-to-town, city-to-city.

  Environment

  Sep 7, 2023
• Historic Lake Edge Cottages resort in Lakefield goes solar with federal funding

  On Wednesday, business and community supporters gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the installation of 110 solar panels on the historic Lake Edge Cottages.

  Environment

  Aug 16, 2023
• Guelph to hand out interest-free loans and grants for green home projects

  The city will roll out their Greener Homes program on July 31.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2023
• McCain’s largest investment ever will expand potato-processing facility in Alberta

  McCain says the Coaldale expansion will also include wind turbines and solar panels to provide 100 per cent renewable electricity to the facility.

  Economy

  Mar 13, 2023
• Guelph approves new program for residents to make homes ‘greener’

  Residents will be able to access interest-free loans for upgrades to homes in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2023
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• Federal funding supports solar panels for Hiawatha First Nation cultural centre

  Solar panels on the Hiawatha LIFE and Cultural Centre aim to reduce the facility's energy consumption by about 21.4 per cent and greenhouse gas emissions by 3.5 tonnes annually.

  Environment

  Mar 2, 2023
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• Loan program helping Lethbridge residents afford home improvement projects

  Lethbridge has become the ninth community in Alberta to launch a program helping residents pay for energy efficient and renewable energy upgrades to their homes.

  Economy

  Feb 28, 2023