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How Do Solar Panels Work?
If you’ve followed renewable energy during the exponential growth of solar energy’s viability, you understand the appeal: reliable energy with no moving parts, minimal maintenance, and a long lifespan. As a customer or follower of SkyFire Energy, we know you already...
Support Local Business in Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, and the Okanagan
Buy local is trending these days and for good reason though the need to support local businesses is far from new. In fact, small and medium-sized business owners, chambers of commerce and local politicians have been speaking to this need for many years. While much has...
What is a B Corporation? Rising Above Profit: The Triple Bottom Line
The complexity and challenges of a globalized human society are obvious to anyone who is paying attention. From climate change to political strife to global health crises, the scope of issues to manage has grown significantly. Humans did not evolve in groups of...
Ermineskin Cree Nation Sundancer Solar Film Project
The Sundancer project is a milestone project that began in 2019 - 1.2 MWp of ground-mount solar PV in the heart of Ermineskin Cree Nation Southwest of Edmonton, Alberta. SkyFire has worked with many Indigenous communities successfully in the past as part of our...
Take Advantage of Peak Solar Production in Spring & Summer
Hello Spring! We’re ready for longer days, warmer weather and more sunshine to help brighten the gloomy situation that’s currently being faced throughout the world… For now, our customers can at least look forward to a spike in solar production and electricity bill...
Tesla Powerwall: A Home Solar Storage Solution
As Western Canada continues its shift to clean energy sources like solar power, curious customers (and future SkyFire Energy customers), are starting to ask more questions about solar plus storage. After all, if the majority of solar power occurs during...
Meet Ian Magill – Master Electrican and Veteran in the Solar Industry
Ian Magill is a Master Electrician and team lead at our Calgary office. In Canada, it is rare to find an electrician with as much solar installation experience. SkyFire was lucky enough to hire Ian in the spring of 2019 and as a Master Electrician, Ian brings a wealth...
Electric Vehicle Charging in Western Canada
It’s tough to miss the sudden surge of electric vehicles happening in the world right now. Where the iconic T shaped Tesla logo used to feel noteworthy, something to mention to another passenger in the car, at this point Teslas and their EV competitors are becoming...
Save up to $4,000 with the Edmonton Solar Rebate
The City of Edmonton is sticking to its commitment to help Edmontonians move towards a more renewable way of living. Solar incentives in Alberta and other western provinces are long gone but Edmonton continues to lead the way by providing this opportunity for its...
The Case For Solar PV in an Era of Canadian Carbon Taxes
Concerns with climate change quickly morphed into a climate emergency in 2019 and the likelihood that these growing concerns are going to diminish or vanish altogether appears unrealistic at best. One could likely surmise then that the new Federal Carbon Levy (or some...