Agriculture
Solar For Your Farm
Today the price of electricity has become one of the largest input costs farmers have. Farm operations are becoming more energy intensive and electricity has doubled in the last decade. For example, peak electricity prices jumped Nov 1 , 2019 from $0.134/kWh to $0.208 kWh in Ontario at peak, a jump of 36%.
Solar is helping farmers significantly reduce the cost of electrical bills. Today we have over 200 farmers who have microFIT, FIT and Net Meter systems and are harvesting sunshine and reaping solar rewards.
Most farmers buying solar today are installing Net Meter systems that allows them to produce their own power and store excess energy on the grid as a credit. The payback is quick and soon while everyone else is watching electrical bills climb our farmers are watching the sun save them more money everyday while it generates free electricity.
2017 was the last year to get paid to generate solar through the IESO microFIT/FIT program. However, if you have a large power bill, the Climate Action Incentive Fund and the 100% tax depreciation of your system can give you significant advantages. Your savings from your electrical bill pay for the system.
Most farmers buying solar today are installing Net Meter systems that allows them to produce their own power and store excess energy on the grid as a credit.
We can help you significantly lower your energy bill and protect yourself from future rate increases. Scroll down to learn more.
Solar For Your Farm
Today the price of electricity has become one of the largest input costs farmers have. Farm operations are becoming more energy intensive and electricity has doubled in the last decade. For example, peak electricity prices jumped Nov 1 , 2019 from $0.134/kWh to $0.208 kWh in Ontario at peak, a jump of 36%.
Solar is helping farmers significantly reduce the cost of electrical bills. Today we have over 200 farmers who have microFIT, FIT and Net Meter systems and are harvesting sunshine and reaping solar rewards.
Most farmers buying solar today are installing Net Meter systems that allows them to produce their own power and store excess energy on the grid as a credit. The payback is quick and soon while everyone else is watching electrical bills climb our farmers are watching the sun save them more money everyday while it generates free electricity.
2017 was the last year to get paid to generate solar through the IESO microFIT/FIT program. However, if you have a large power bill, the Climate Action Incentive Fund and the 100% tax depreciation of your system can give you significant advantages. Your savings from your electrical bill pay for the system.
Most farmers buying solar today are installing Net Meter systems that allows them to produce their own power and store excess energy on the grid as a credit.
We can help you significantly lower your energy bill and protect yourself from future rate increases. Scroll down to learn more.
Net Metering
With a net-metering system you can use the electricity produced from your solar system to power your farm. Any electricity you don’t use will be exported to the power grid for a credit that can be applied against your bill. Then later you can use a credit from the summer months to lower your winter bill!
As the de facto replacement for the microFIT and FIT programs, Net Metering was originally legislated in Ontario in 2006. Net Metering regulation (Ontario Regulation 541/05) states that the electricity you return to the grid must be calculated in the same manner as the electricity you consume from the grid. The current regulation allows credits to be carried for 11 months and in July 2017 this is expected to increase to 12 months.
Net Metering is simple. We install the solar and connect the power directly into your farm electrical grid. When the sun is shining you use the solar power first before using power from the grid. If the solar is not bright enough you will use power both from solar and the grid. When there is more solar than load on the farm you export power to the grid as a credit.
During the day you export excess power for use at night, and in the summer you export excess power for use in the winter.
In the end, you could have virtually no power bill except the usual customer charges such as load meter fee. It is great having a low power bill while having the reliability and instantaneous power capability of the grid.
iSolara Solar Power is the largest Net Meter installer in Eastern Ontario and we have a very solid process to deliver that out. We take one year of your power bills, check your hydro capacity, calculate your annual use, design a system to displace it (or as much as possible) and then provide you a proposal that details what your savings are. Once installed your power bills will be under your control.
Protect yourself from rising energy costs today.