Vancouver - Rob Baxter From VREC And Solshare
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British Colombia is one of the most difficult places in the world to make solar photovoltaics stack up financially. The Canadian province has huge hydro energy dams, providing as much as 80% of the power on the grid at a very low price. Solar installations are relatively expensive and the amount of electricity they produce isn’t particularly great. This didn’t stop Rob Baxter and a team of intrepid pioneers from forming VREC - a worker-owned co-operative who install solar on houses and businesses in the Vancouver area. They’ve been at this now for years and today employ three people full-time and bring in part time workers when needed for installations.
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