Chris Higgins

What replaces 5 parking stalls [@lanefab.com :)] & stores 3-5X the energy of water? Phase change material. A solid wax when cold, a thin molasses coloured liquid when hot, every AM when Pacific Center mall cools, it dumps the waste heat in(typically vented 2 atmosphere), & pulls it out in the night

If you like the repurposing of underground parking towards energy efficiency, I've got a project for you.

10-storey, AI data centre pivot for Westbank's stalled Vancouver office project | Urbanized Allied Properties REIT states a 10-storey, AI-focused data centre is now planned for 150 West Georgia St. in downtown Vancouver.

An AI datacenter in the heart of Vancouver, harvesting the waste heat to heat the buildings on the district energy network. BC Hydro has agreed to supply with combustion free electricity. dailyhive.com/vancouver/15...

There are already high cost solutions in our market of Vancouver. At the same time, if you have access to charging at home that is on your own electrical bill + internet access, you can charge your car for free from 11pm-7am. There certainly is no free gas option.

He is pretty bad. I gave up on apple when people working in the factories making the IPhones were jumping to their deaths. Apple is still so popular despite it all.

When I was born Vancouver BC had over 300 gas stations we now have about 70, only a single station in our downtown core and 3 in the edge area outside the downtown core. Electric vehicles are 25% of new registrations here and growing. 100% of new residential parking is EV ready (Level 2 outlet).

Hell Yes Canada! You love to see it.

Canadians support arrival of more Chinese electric vehicles, poll suggests OTTAWA — Most Canadians support allowing more Chinese electric vehicles to be sold in Canada despite some nagging concerns, a new poll suggests. Canada recently pledged to reduce its 100 per cent tari...

Heck yeah! Candians are looking forward to more affordable EV's coming from China! toronto.citynews.ca/2026/02/04/c...

Thanks!

It is working well in Vancouver. But of a bright spot, where larger projects are on hold but triplex through 6 Plex projects moving ahead.

Nice to see someone potentially taking over RAD Power Bikes ebiketips.road.cc/content/news...

Great one. Thank you.

Know any Canadian Load Management hardware manufacturers (make product in Canada). Hardware must handle electric vehicle charging at a minimum but loads beyond that ideal. I know EVECTRIX RVE& FUTURi. Am I missing any? Taranis, the Celtic God of Electricity in a Canadian fit, for visibility and fun.

In Quebec day they made a separation between residential rates and industrial rates. Industrial pays for industrial infrastructure + changes to industrial electrification and load growth don't affect residential rates. Would be nice to see BC do something similar.

BYD Is Already Cleared to Sell EVs in Canada, Giving It a Big Head Start Over Rivals As Canada prepares to reopen the door to Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) under a new tariff-quota system, most attention has been focused on which automaker could move fastest once restrictions e...

BYD gets a head start bringing electric cars into Canada.
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Monstrosities? For two years I reviewed every new single family application over 5000 square feet, a number over 10,000sqft, one over 34,000 square feet for a family of 4. I never saw an article calling any of those buildings "monstrosities". It is a wild world.

The future is unwritten. Rates going up over time is likely. BC Hydro rates have increased below inflation for 10+yr. Perhaps we will see a shift to a sort of lower daytime rate, but I suggest that is a 10+yrs away as a possibility. BC is winter peak grid, local solar not so great in winter

That is a cool piece of hardware. My goal is to find an EVSE that will both pay me for the clean fuel credits and for demand response. Combining the two would make the electricity (at the BC Hydro overnight rate) net out to about 1 cent/kWh. The built in load management there is nifty though!

Thanks.I love the concept.I want to combine it with the demand response(DR) incentive. No EVSE does that today, but I am hopeful a Canadian one will soon. For me the DR incentive is worth about 2.5 cents per kWh, so combined with the incentive you mention, you get the electricity for almost free.

It is an interesting concept. In BC the overnight rate is 6.5 cents/kWh. I am planning on solar and can get paid 9.9 cents/kWh for that. So I think I will just charge from 11PM-7AM when the lowest rate is available. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Cool. It looks like they are manufactured in Texas. For me I want to avoid America, but I understand your points.

Searching for the perfect EVSE (charger), so far none meet all the criteria though United Chargers comes closest, I am hopeful they will start DR w bchydro soon and be an easy choice. FLO are supposed to be launching something, but no details yet?

Last year China passed 50% of new vehicles sold being new energy (Electric or plug in electric hybrid).
China's demand for oil for transportation just dropped 4% last year. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...

I don't mind this approach. The lifetime warranty on the EVSE from United appeals to me. Also the increasing value over time. The low quality of the EVSE from Pion is giving me pause.

@bchydro.bsky.social lets support Canadian manufacturers United Charger and Flo EV Charging. You should modify your EVSE incentive. Today $350 goes to a US made or Canadian EVSE. Change it so $450 goes to a Canadian made charger and $0 for a US made option. No change for other countries.

Thanks. Yes, it seems like low quality hardware for sure. Looking at the quality hardware, United Chargers pays 3c/kWh and SWTCH pays 5 cents a kWh. Both have far better looking hardware and United gives a 3 year warranty, so to me that says the hardware is better (others give 2 years).

China Deal, India Talks Connect Carney’s Trade Plans with World’s First 2 Electrostates On the heels of a new strategic partnership with China, and with Prime Minister Mark Carney planning a trip to India later this year, the plan to reduce Canada’s trade dependence on the United States ...

Alberta is talking about a new pipeline. We should be using the existing pipelines and shifting to electric as fast as we can. China Deal, India Talks Connect Carney’s Trade Plans with World’s First 2 Electrostates www.theenergymix.com/china-deal-i...

Anyone have experience w Pion Power's EVSE? It looks like they pay you 10c/kWh charged. With that, under the new optional time of use rate from BC Hydro, you could buy power 11PM-7AM at 6.72 cent/kWh, charge your EV and get 10 cent/kWh under the Clean Fuel Regulation. Making money in the process

The pink bins from Recycle BC are here! Soft plastic curbside pick up happen next month!

Great to see another successful call for power by BC Hydro. More grid scale (up to 496 MW) wind and perhaps some solar proposals have been received. With 14 proposals totaling more than 9,100 gigawatt hours per year, this is nearly double the targeted amount.
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