Carmanah Technologies has designed and installed a 250 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) system on the rooftop of a refrigeration facility in Southern Ontario and has secured a CAD contract worth $1.4 million.
The solar array has occupied approximately 30,000 sq. ft of the rooftop at the facility and has produced around 300,000 kWh of clean electricity yearly, which is equal to the energy used by 25 average households in Canada. The solar system mounted on the rooftop has made profits under the agreement of the refrigeration service supplier with the Feed-In-Tariff (FIT) campaign of Ontario Power Authority.
This FIT program has facilitated the electrical service connection’s owners for selling the renewable resource energy to the electrical distribution grid. The program has provided more advantages to the businesses and government bodies and residents of Ontario. Distributed generation of power has helped to enhance the electrical infrastructure stability by reducing the load on huge generating facilities and decreases continuing health and environmental costs connected to the non-renewable energy sources.
Bruce Cousins, CEO of Carmanah, commented that this FIT campaign makes economic sense for companies in Ontario in discovering the generation of renewable energy as a way to decrease the operation expenditures. A photovoltaic system on the rooftop is a long term investment for a high energy consumer, having a big roof space.
Source: http://www.carmanah.com/