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New Residential and Commercial Solar Program is now LIVE
The Alberta government has officially launched the $36-million rebate program for new solar PV installations on residential, multi-residential and commercial buildings. The Residential and Commercial Solar Program is expected to create roughly 50 megawatts of solar...
2017 Eco-Solar Home Tour
The 18th Annual Eco-Solar Home Tour will be held on June 3 - 4, 2017 in Edmonton. The Eco-Solar Tour is an organization that organizes free open house style tours of homes and businesses that display practical and timely examples of sustainability including: renewable...
PV vs. Oil: What Drives You Further?
We recently completed two net-zero electric pump jacks in Alberta for Imaginea Energy, a leading edge oil producer with a "dream to create hydrocarbons that will be “clean” – created without emissions, without pollution, and without the use of fresh water". How cool...
Tesla Solar Roof Tiles: Will They Make the Cut?
A beautiful new roof is entering the market soon and it’s made of solar shingles! At a Tesla event in October last year, Elon Musk unveiled the prototypes for a solar roof, built in partnership with SolarCity. The glass tiles will be available in four designs, each...
Energy Payback for Solar PV Modules & Systems
While generating solar energy has countless environmental benefits and does not cause pollution or emit greenhouse gasses, the energy required to produce those solar PV systems does not always originate from renewable sources and is currently coming from fossil fuel...
Providing light in a time of darkness – MABO Children’s Home Haiti
In September this year, Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti badly, devastating an already impoverished nation. Not only did Hurricane Matthew result in death and health issues, but it also wrecked the infrastructure of this Caribbean country, crippling families, businesses,...
New Solar Program for Indigenous Communities & Organizations in Alberta
The Alberta government recently announced that they will provide $2.5 million in funding through The Alberta Indigenous Solar Program (AISP) and the Alberta Indigenous Community Energy Program (AICEP), for First Nations and Metis Settlements to undertake renewable...
Alberta farmers are now harvesting solar power!
Since the Alberta government relaunched the Growing Forward solar incentive program for agricultural producers earlier this year, many Alberta farmers have seized this opportunity to install solar PV systems for their farms. These farmers are now harvesting their own...
SkyFire Energy joins Amicus Solar Cooperative
We are very excited to announce that earlier this year SkyFire Energy became the 38th member of the Amicus Solar Cooperative and the first member outside of the US! Amicus Solar Cooperative was founded in 2011 by a like-minded group of PV installers, integrators, EPCs...
Alberta’s First Solar Powered Pump Jack
While it does sound quite ironic that a solar PV system is powering oil wells and equipment, successful collaboration between fossil fuels and renewable energy can be achieved when two leading energy innovators work together. Imaginea Energy Corp. is an energy company...