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Solar Nova Scotia's July 2021 Newsletter

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Contents:

• NS Seeking Input on its New Climate Plan. Voice Your Support for Solar
• HRM Making Rapid Progress Towards Net-Zero Municipal Operations by 2030
• Nova Scotia Set for Largest Renewable Energy Procurement in Province's History!
• First Nations are Leading the Way on Solar PV Deployment
• Community Solar Garden will Power Affordable Living at Former Sydney Radar Base
• Wolfville Among Maritimes Communities with new PACE Financing
• Innovative Stash Energy Pilot Completed In Kentville
• Changes to Nova Scotia's Electricity Act Offer Potential for New Solar Opportunities
• Community Economic Development Fund (CEDIF) Closes Latest Offering
• Antigonish County Solar Project Success
• New Net-Zero Municipal Building Opening in Municipality of the District of Argyle
• New Federal Greener Homes Rebates provide up to $5000 for Solar
• Nova Scotia Power’s Smart-Grid Project Progresses in Amherst with Start of 2MW Solar Farm
• Construction to Start on AREA 9 MW Community Solar Garden Project
• Massive Halifax Residential Solar Tracker
• EfficiencyOne Launches new Halifax Climate Investment, Innovation, and Impact Fund (HCi3)

Summer 2019

• Message from the Chair
• Discover Solar 2019: Learn how to get PV on your roof!
• 100% Solar Powered History Museum
• Tiny Solar-Powered Library!
• Halifax based charity helping schools go Solar
• Dalhousie Researcher working on self-healing paint-on solar cells
• Hospice Halifax Installs Solar on New Facility
• CanSIA Completes Study and Prepares New Solar Guide
• HRM’s HalifACT 2050: Acting on Climate Together
• SolarHomes Update from Efficiency Nova Scotia
• Nova Scotia Power to construct 2 MW Solar Farm in Amherst
• Solar Nova Scotia Board Members in Jamaica
• Canadian Coast Guard College Solar Flower
• Dalhousie Perovskite Start-Up Launches
• New Website Launches to help Nova Scotians Navigate Solar
• Verschuren Centre Cape Breton Community Solar
• Solar Nova Scotia Board Recruitment
• Solar Tour of Ikea
• Atlantic Provinces to create Road Map for energy
• Nova Scotia Community College Community Solar Installation
• HRM Makes Solar City Data Available Online
• Colchester County Solar Installations
• Atlantic School of Theology Solar Installation
• Urban Climate Centre to be created in Halifax!
• Bridgewater Wins Smart Cities Competition by addressing Energy Poverty
• Solar CEDIF 4th Offering now Open
• Ecology Action Centre Update
• Welcome new corporate members

Fall 2018

• Solar Nova Scotia Wraps up Work on Industry Studies
• Successful Solar CEDIF continues to attract Nova Scotian investors
• CANSIA Hires in Nova Scotia
• HRM’s Solar City sees huge growth in 2018!
• Antigonish Community Energy Coop Gears up for Next Group- Solar-Buy
• Solar Homes Launches
• New Solar Assist Platform will help Nova Scotians Navigate Changing Solar Landscape in NS
• Solar Nova Scotia Elects New Officers
• Indigenous Communities Harvesting the Power of the Sun!
• New 40kW Solar Installation Coming Soon to NSCC Ivany Campus
• NSCC Students to Undertake International Solar Projects!
• Our Newest Corporate Member: Solar Ascent

April 2018

• Solar News
• Upcoming Courses & Events
• Solar & Net Zero News in Nova Scotia
• World News

July 2017

• Solar Electricity for Community Buildings Program
• Muskrat Falls hydro project.
• Solar Scotia Energy CEDIF, the first solar CEDIF in Nova Scotia
• and lots more!

May 2017

• Upcoming Solar Courses in Sydney!
• The PassivHaus tour on April 15
• Solar Powered Pontoon Boat - Available For Tours
• Local, National & International Solar News

March 2017

• What went on at the Annual General Meeting
• Nova Scotia Solar News: Trevor Butler speaks at Dal about sustainable building practices; Nova Solar Capital, a Kentville-based company, is expanding its Solar Capital Energy Inc. CEDIF project; movie: The Age of Consequences; the Emera Atlantic Canada Smart Energy Event; Ecology Action Centre series on Cap & Trade; and much much more. 

January 2017

• 2017 Annual General Meeting
• ACOA’s Clean Technology Initiative
• Job Posting: Clean Energy Advisor
• Net Zero presentation by Shawna Henderson 
• Dalhousie College of Sustainability public lectures

September 2016

News - Local

• Fall Courses
• Halifax Solar City
• Ecology Action Centre Net Zero Speaker Series

News - Canada

• CANSIA Conference
• Three Amigos Summit

International

• COP 22
• The Investment Community
• Solar Cooling
• Solar Impulse Aircraft
• Churches in Great Britain go solar
• USA Net Zero National Forum
• Green mosques in Morocco
• Chile: Solar Indigenous Villages
• Germany: Berlin pulls its fossil fuel investments
• Africa: AKON Solar Energy provider

January 2016

• Solar Nova Scotia T-shirts are available!
• Nova Scotia's Electricity Plan Implementation (2015) Act Bill 141
• The Antigonish Community Energy Cooperative is gathering ''signatures'' on an electronic petition against Bill 141's restrictive solar provisions.
• Solar PV & Net Metering in Nova Scotia
• A Lunenburg councillor wants to build a community solar garden that would allow residents to share in renewable power that's generated from a centralized array located in a field or on a roof.