The Integrated Energy Systems Lab (IESL), an advanced performance testing centre is now fully operational. The IESL provides innovative services for energy components and systems for Canadian Industry partners. We partner with local distribution companies, energy organizations and educational institutions
Student Research Assistants Speaking at SWITCH Meeting
SEARC Student Research Assistants Cedric Pepelea and Russell Horne will be giving a presentation at the November 6th SWITCH meeting on Grounds to Heat: Recycling Coffee Grounds into Home Heating Pellets. Cedric and Russell will be joined by Michael Tkautz,
Construction begins on the Outdoor Solar Inverter Test Facility
Construction has started on the Outdoor Solar Inverter Test Facility (OSITF). TMR Construction Ltd (Kingston) began the site preparation work earlier this week. The OSITF will be used to evaluate solar inverters from inverter manufacturers in collaboration with SEARC staff
Kingston Aerials visits SEARC with their drone
Derek Cooper of Kingston Aerials, his pilot Wesley Gurr and operator Kiyavash Parvar visited SEARC recently with their custom-built, heavy-lift drone. The drone has a flight time of 25 minutes and can cover 25 acres in this time. The payload
Designing the Inverter Sensor Board
The environmental chamber is now in the SEARC lab at St. Lawrence College – see last week’s post from fellow researcher Michael Clarke. The next challenge for the IITF team is to design a data acquisition system that complies with
OSOTF Information
The OSOTF was originally developed with a strong partnership between the Applied Sustainability Research Group run by Dr. Joshua Pearce at Queen’s University (now at Michigan Tech) and the Sustainable Energy Applied Research Centre (SEARC) at St. Lawrence College headed
Kingston Herald: Queen’s University in Partnership with SEARC Developing Solar Panel Testing Facility
Sustainable energy experts from Queen’s University are leading a multi-partner project aimed at finding out how different weather conditions, including heavy snowfall, impact the effectiveness of solar panels. To read more click here
Open Solars Outdoor Tests Field (OSOTF) Will Study Weather Effects on Solar PV Performance
The St. Lawrence College Open Solars Outdoor Tests Field (OSOTF) will be studying weather effects on solar panels by quantifying power losses due to snowfall, and recommend best practices for array design in snowy climates. Read the full article here