UPS
We’ve had a few short power outages thanks to passing lightning storms plus some outages of the main data logging workstation we have that are a little mysterious. After looking…
need a holiday from the holiday
Another (2009) spring week off from work to catch up on the yardwork. 8 of 9 days we worked to the point of insanity prepping the yard, the gardens, the…
Greenup!
Sunday saw the Greenup! festival at the Kingston K-Rock centre. We barely found out about it a couple of days in advance but luckily were able to change plans in…
Big Solar
The great Stone Mills Solar Project is one step closer to reality. While driving by the site this past weekend we came across the 2nd and 3rd signs of progress.…
Twas a stormy Xmas Eve
Phew… We had some kind of windstorm blow through here Christmas Eve. It turned out that it sounded worse than it really was. The weather station showed gusts up to…
The Turbines are a comin’
Last week (2008) the first of 86 Wind turbines went up on Wolfe Island. As proposed, this is a 197.8 megawatts (“MW”) wind plant that consists of 86 wind turbines.…