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Reliability 
An Energy Park© and Mini Energy Park© is a big investment - you can rightfully expect that it should work well for many years

In Ontario, the Feed In Tarrif is a contract whereby the Ontario Power Authority will buy the generated electricity for 20 years.  We feel, however, that you shouldn't look at that limited time. 

We build our systems, and do our financial modelling, based on a lifetime of at least 40 years.

That's why we use only the highest-quality components, and build with techniques that assure our equipment will work well, and the roof on which it sits ( for MEP's ) will be unaffected.

 

 
 NOTE - yes, we understand that the FIT contracts are only for 20 years, so you may ask " what happens after 20 years ? "  .  Here's what we think :
  1. The Government of Ontario and the OPA are buying electricity from renewable sources because the tradional sources ( water, nuclear, coal and oil ) are all aging.  The Government has made committments to eliminate the coal- and oil-fired generating stations, and the nuclear stations are all aging and not slated for replacement.  Electricity is becoming scarce. It is fairly certain that the need for electricity will not go away in 20 years and it is equally certain that no new traditional generators will be built by that time.
  2. While the supply of traditional electricity decreases, the demand will increase ( population and industrial growth )
  3. The retail price for electricity will probably be much higher
  4. The OPA will not be in a position 20 years  to 'give up' the supply of electricity generated by renewables
  5. The FIT program will probably have been replaced by something else
  6. The OPA will purchase the electricity at some new rate ( probably between $.30 and $.60 per kWh
  7. Since the generating systems will have long since been paid for, the last 20+ years of their life will be ' all gravy '.

 

 

Our preferred PhotoVoltaic panels are made in Canada by Day4 Energy. See here for more information.

 

All our electronics are made by our sister company Hybridyne Power Electronics.  They are built to outlast older 'inverters' by many years.  Please see here.

 

When we build a solar array on top of a building, we want to be considerate guests.  We spend extra engineering time and money to make sure that your expensive roof surface isn't damaged or put at risk. Please read this discussion.

 

 
We are often asked about tracking systems. We don't think the added expense of purchase, installation, and maintenance generates a sufficicient payback to be justified - please see here for our reasons.