Solar Photovoltaic Systems
From Renewables
70% of the energy used in the residential and commercial/institutional buildings sector is used for heating. Canada also has a very large potential for solar energy use and it has excellent solar resources. Since 2007, there are an estimated 544,000 m2 of solar collectors operating in Canada. They are primarily unglazed plastic collectors for pool heating (71%) and unglazed perforated solar air collectors for commercial building air heating (26%), delivering about 627,000 GJ of energy and displacing 38,000 tonnes of CO2 annually. building Canada leads the world in solar air collector development and commercialization. CanmetENERGY is moving the development of solar thermal technologies forward primarily in the areas of:
Low temperature (<60°C) heating application...
- Low temperature (<60°C) heating applications for residential, commercial, and industrial applications where there is large near- to medium-term market potential
- Supporting new product development and testing, standards development, technology assessments, market research, and new technology demonstrations and performance monitoring in cooperation with industry, research organizations, and other government and funding program partners
- Providing technical support to ecoENERGY for Renewable Heat program, which provides financial incentives for solar water and air heating systems
- Supporting Canada’s National Solar Test Facility in Mississauga, Ontario, which provides solar equipment testing and certification services year-round with the help of a 200 kW indoor solar simulator
- Determining the feasibility of concentrating solar thermal power generation for locations in Western Canada where there is a high direct-beam solar resource in the summer (similar to southern Spain)
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