Apr 2, 2025 | Stories
In 2020, we installed 24 x 370 w solar panels (8880 w total) on the garage roof, half facing east and half facing west. Four extra panels were required to account for not being able to face the panels optimally to the south. The total cost was $20,290 less the $5,470...
Mar 24, 2025 | Stories
In 2016 I decided I wanted to do something positive about climate change. It turns out that the top two pathways to a low carbon economy are greening the electric grid and the electrification of transportation. I looked around my employer’s activities and nothing was...
Mar 21, 2025 | Projects
The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is working with SaskPower to build SaskPower’s first community-scale renewable microgrid approximately 7 hours north of Saskatoon in Descharme Lake, SK. The hybrid system includes 234-kW of photovoltaics, 492-kWh of lithium-ion...
Mar 12, 2025 | Stories
Glenn and Shannon Wright live on a farm about 30 km west of Saskatoon, SK. They moved to the farm from Saskatoon in 2004. When they moved to the farm, they noticed that the chimney from the gas furnace needed to be replaced. Being handy, they replaced it themselves,...
Jan 24, 2025 | News
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone. One of the biggest myths about renewable energy is that it isn’t reliable. Sure, the sun sets every night and winds calm down, putting solar panels and turbines to...
