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Minister Tours Renewable Energy Home

One Bermuda house isn’t just a home — it is also laboratory for sustainable energy technologies now available on the island. Minister of Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Strategy Walter Roban this week toured PureNERGY’s renewable energy model cottage in a bid to familiarise himself further with some of the renewable energy... Read more of this article

Selling Back Power: BELCO’s Interconnection

Customers of renewable energy company Solar Bermuda are the first to start selling back power to the Island’s electrical grid under BELCO’s Interconnection Policy, which was announced on November 3. The Interconnection Policy allows homeowners with alternative energy systems up to 15 kilowatts (kW) to sell excess power back to BELCO. Solar Bermuda... Read more of this article

Seminar: PureNERGY Alternative Energy Options

On Thursday, 18th November, Business Bermuda hosted the second free luncheon seminar in the series of six. Vice President and General Manager of PureNERGY Renewables, Ltd., Kevon Makell [pictured] addressed an audience of over 20 on the topic of Alternative Energy. One of the key issues raised was the need for all Bermudians to work together with... Read more of this article

Bermuda Homeowners Take to Solar Power

Local company Alternative Energy Systems (Bermuda) Ltd. (AES) has installed enough solar power systems to generate a record 50 kilowatts of power for homes in Bermuda. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a 25 year period, 50 kilowatts of solar energy could offset the emission of more than a thousand tons of dangerous pollutants... Read more of this article

Gorhams Goes Solar: Savings of $100,000 Annually

Alternative Energy Systems (Bermuda) Ltd. (AES) has been awarded a contract by Gorham’s True Value Home Centre to engineer, design, supply and install a photovoltaic solar energy system to generate electricity at its store in Pembroke. Following a similar contract with Lindo’s Group of Companies, this is the second large-scale commercial solar energy... Read more of this article

Lister: Energy & Environment Town Hall

Saying that his key principles were Accountability, Responsibility, and Togetherness (ART) the MP Terry Lister, a contender for the leadership of the PLP and for the post of Premier held his second of a planned series of Town Hall meetings at St Paul’s Church in Paget last night [Aug 12]. Mr Lister promised that under his leadership there would be... Read more of this article

New Player to Enter Bermuda’s Solar Market

With the entrance of Arizona based Evolution Solar Corp [EVSO] Bermuda residents will have a new option for solar photovoltaic technology. The company recently completed the legal process of forming its new Bermuda subsidiary. EVSO announced in February 2010 that they decided to form the subsidiary, in order to meet contractual eligibility under Bermuda... Read more of this article