8Kw Net-Metering Install in Ottawa, ON. System powered by Canadian Solar Panel and a Sol-Ark Inverter
Systems allows the owner to backup essential loads.
8kw Net-Metering roof mounted install. This install involved the use of 335w Canadian Solar modules (24), Kinetic Solar racking and the inverter used is a 12K Sol-Ark. The clients asked for a battery backup system, so they have a 48V battery backup, made up of 4-12V AGM batteries.
Both homeowners work from home and they have indicated that the battery backup has come in handy in the few times their areas have had a power outage.
7.6Kw offgrid install. Battery Storage -920Ah at 48V. System Comes with Auto generator start embedded in the 12K Sol-Ark inverter. 12 – 450w bifacial solar panels producing 30% extra power from the back.
7.6Kw offgrid install. Battery Storage -920Ah at 48V. System Comes with Auto generator start embedded in the 12K Sol-Ark inverter. 12 – 450w bifacial solar panels producing 30% extra power from the back.
This install is quite unique. The lakefront property only has one spot where the maximum solar energy can be generated. Unfortunately, this spot is about 160-ft away from the inverter. larger sized wires (8 awg) had to be used to minimize the voltage drop to an acceptable less than 3%
A Sol-Ark 12k inverter was used. Being an offgrid install on a new house, the builder where able to use the energy provided by the system to power their heavy equipment. The system was able to handle power needs with ease. Thanks to the home owners for the opportunity given to us to work on this project
10 Kw offgrid system install in Lanark Ontario. 24 Bi-facial panels with a Sol-ark 12k inverter.
10 Kw offgrid system install in Lanark Ontario. 24 Bifacial panels with a Sol-ark 12k inverter.
Battery Storage – 920 Ah at 48V. System commission August 2021. This Client has a complete offgrid system, and the system is the only source of power. The bifacial panels ensure that the system continues to produce even during a snowstorm.
The government of Canada has launched a new program that offers Canadians grants of up to $5,000 to pay for energy-saving home upgrades.
Homeowners will be able to receive grants of up to $5,000 to make energy efficient retrofits to their primary residences, and up to $600 to help with the cost of home energy evaluations.
The government of Canada has launched a new program that offers Canadians grants of up to $5,000 to pay for energy-saving home upgrades.
Homeowners will be able to receive grants of up to $5,000 to make energy efficient retrofits to their primary residences, and up to $600 to help with the cost of home energy evaluations.
Before starting any work, you must first complete a home energy assessment with a registered energy advisor.
After your home energy assessment, your registered energy advisor will provide a report with a list of recommended upgrades to help lower your hydro bill and make your home more energy efficient. You can will then apply here for the rebates
Get in touch with one of the Deltacron Energy experts for a custom solar pv grid tied or offgrid system design and competitive estimate. Once our team finishes the installation, then you will need to schedule another energy assessment.
You must complete a final home energy assessment to qualify for rebates. The follow-up visit takes about one hour and must take place within 120 days of your first visit.
You’ll also be reimbursed $600* for your energy assessments. This will be included in your final cheque.
For homeowners and landlords, the budget also aims at reducing emissions from residential buildings with a $4.4-billion program to provide homeowners and landlords with interest-free loans of $40,000 for “deep home retrofits.” The money can be used for improvements like better insulation, energy-efficient furnaces and water tanks, solar panels and new windows, the budget says. The money will flow through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
As the world confronts a warming climate, the federal Liberals are committing billions more dollars to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the economy and help drive a “green recovery” from the pandemic-induced economic slowdown.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled a budget that sets aside $17 billion in new direct spending and tax relief measures that the government hopes will decarbonize heavy industry, build a cleaner economy and create jobs.
“We are at a pivotal moment in the green transformation,” Freeland said in a speech to the House of Commons.
“We can lead, or we can be left behind. Our government knows that the only choice for Canada is to be in the vanguard.”
Freeland said the budget measures will help the government meet its greenhouse gas reductions targets under the Paris climate agreement, achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and preserve 25 per cent of land and marine conservation targets by 2025.
Much of the proposed spending focuses on giving private sector companies incentives to develop and adopt clean technology.
Five billion dollars over seven years will go to the Net Zero Accelerator, a fund that helps large-emitting companies reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. That’s on top of $3 billion the government committed in December.
Sarah Petrevan, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, said the total $8 billion will help heavy industries such as steel and cement decarbonize and grow their competitiveness.
“Government’s role is to kind of set the stage for then private markets to develop and shift in the direction, and this is kind of what Liberals are doing,” she said of the budget.
“That’s the kind of thing that you have to do support an economic transition. It can’t all be government.”
To help foster a domestic clean technology manufacturing sector in Canada, the government said it will offer companies that manufacture zero emission devices, like solar panels and electric vehicles, a 50 per cent cut to their corporate or small business taxes for the next 10 years.
For homeowners and landlords, the budget also aims at reducing emissions from residential buildings with a $4.4-billion program to provide homeowners and landlords with interest-free loans of $40,000 for “deep home retrofits.” The money can be used for improvements like better insulation, energy-efficient furnaces and water tanks, solar panels and new windows, the budget says. The money will flow through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
The government estimates more than 200,000 households could take advantage of that program.
Tom-Pierre Frappé-Sénéclauze, the buildings and urban solutions director at the Pembina Institute, an environmental think-tank, said the retrofit funding could create up to 10,000 well-paying jobs over the next five years. But he said Canadians will need to spend more on retrofitting their homes for Canada to meet its climate goals.
“While significant, this investment, unfortunately, is unlikely to get us to our destination,” he said.
Another initiative targeting heavy emitters is a tax credit for companies that invest in technology that captures carbon dioxide emitted by fuel combustion or other industrial processes and stores it in the ground instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. The budget said the government will undertake a 90-day consultation process to determine the rate of the incentive for capital investments in carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS).
This is bold step by the Canadian government to put the money where their mouth is. As much as we at Deltacron Tech understand that much more can be done, we would like to take this moment to appreciate this step in the right direction on behalf of the many customers we have encountered in our industry. The majority of our tax paying customers have always looked to the government to help them go green, especially were power is concerned, but that help has been nowhere to be found. But with this announcement in Budget2021, the future does look greener for many homeowners.
We look forward to having these announcements implemented.
Credit: CBC/Toronto Star
At the peak of the pandemic, many countries across the globe initialized their lockdowns to help curb the spreading pandemic. Thankfully, these measures did help slow down the spread of covid-19 in the absence of a vaccine.
However, these safety regulations and mobility restrictions also disrupted supply chains and temporarily delayed construction of renewable energy installations – especially onshore wind and solar PV – in key markets. Since mid-May, renewables-based construction projects, equipment supplies, policy implementation and financing have returned to near normal levels in many countries because project developers and manufacturers have modified their operations to adapt to ongoing social‑distancing rules.
U.S. solar installations are expected to soar 43% this year, just shy of a pre-pandemic forecast, as the industry has recovered more quickly than expected from a virus-related slowdown, according to a report by the top solar trade group.
The improved outlook reflects robust demand from utilities seeking to meet carbon-reduction goals and a rebound in demand for home solar systems, thanks in part to declining costs for the technology.
The sector is now expected to install more than 19 gigawatts of solar this year, enough to power more than 3.6 million homes, according to the U.S. Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and energy research firm Wood Mackenzie. Last year it installed 13.3 GW of capacity.
Solar energy also accounted for 43% of new U.S. power capacity additions through the third quarter, compared with less than a third for wind and natural gas.
SEIA and Wood Mackenzie had initially forecast 2020 solar growth of 47%, but that outlook slid to 33% as the coronavirus spread throughout the United States in the spring.
As mentioned earlier, The solar industry has been growing rapidly in recent years thanks to declines in the cost of the technology that enable it to compete with power generated by coal and gas.
Even so, just 3% of U.S. electricity is now generated by the sun. SEIA hopes that will rise to 20% over the next decade, as demand for home installation soars due to the work from home culture, that has led to many homeowners to source for cheaper and cleaner sources of energy.
The solar bounce back is especially a positive for many that lost their jobs due to the pandemic, Before COVID-19, an estimated 3.4 million Americans across 50 states and the District of Columbia worked in clean energy occupations. According to E2’s Clean Jobs America report, that’s more people working in the real estate, banking or agriculture industries and three times the number of Americans with jobs in fossil fuels. In fact, at the start of 2020, the American Council on Renewable Energy predicted that employers would be adding more than 175,000 green energy jobs.
But when the pandemic hit in March, more than 106,000 U.S. clean energy workers lost their jobs. Fast-forward just two months, and that number climbed to an astounding 447,208. With the resounding bounce back, more than 80,000 jobs were added back to the industry. We can confidently say that the worst is over for the solar industry, more especially with vaccines on the market. This is by no means saying the industry is out of the weeds, the road to recovery is still significant
We would like to congratulate Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Senator Kamala Harris on their election victory. This election win is more than just a historic one, but a good one for all renewable energy companies both American and foreign.
Having served in the senate for 36 years, Vice President Biden, now President-elect, has been a champion for green energy to be accessible and used by as many people around the globe as possible, not only Americans. He has demonstrated this by having a lifetime environmental voting score of 83% from the league of conservation voters. He understands the importance of having clean, affordable energy accessible to help in improving the world’s economy and uplifting the lives of the many vulnerable people.
With the USA being one of the world’s biggest economy, we are delighted at the potential of them rejoining the global climate leadership under the incoming administration.
We agree with The Solar Energy Industries (SEIA) CEO Abigail Ross Hopper who said a Biden presidency would “advance clean energy incorporating environmental justice”, while American Council on Renewable Energy (Acore) CEO Greg Wetstone called the election “historic” and one that would create “the clean energy future that Americans want, and scientists say we need”. Liz Burdock, CEO of the Business Network for Offshore Wind, also suggested the victory was a “vote for a future that focuses on climate change solutions and reengaging on the international stage.”
We wish President elect Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris all the best in the task ahead of them, as we look forward to a green and bright future.
What is a Solar power system?
Many people today have an idea of what the answer to the question is due how popular this source of energy has become in the recent years. Simply put, a solar power system is a system that turns light energy from the sun into electricity by using photovoltaic solar cells. (Commonly known as solar panels).
Light from the sun hits the solar panels, that turn the light energy into electric energy (Direct current (DC)) which we then use to power our appliances. The majority of our appliances we have in our homes use Alternating current (AC) to operate. So, to benefit from solar energy, we need to convert that harnessed DC current to AC current. To do this, we pass the DC current into a device called an inverter to convert the current to AC. When the DC current is converted to AC current, we then use it to power all our devices that require alternating current to work.
One might ask at this point, what about the batteries, what do we need them for? The batteries are used to store energy for use when there is little or no sunlight to produce more energy, like on a cloudy day or night time. So, when building a system, the batteries are always positioned before the inverter so as to charge them with DC current before its converted to AC current.
Why is this?
Alternating current (as by its name) is fluctuating current. That means it changes from positive to negative direction at a certain frequency. If we take the average of this fluctuation, we end up with a zero current. That means, simply put, after charging your battery you will end up with a zero-power battery. The only type of current a battery can hold is a DC type of current because it is constant.
Seems complicated? Ask our specialist at www.deltacron.com/contact-us to make it clear for you.
What type of solar systems are there, and which one should I pick for my house or office building?
There are two types of solar energy systems;
So, when choosing which system is best for you, one has to look at the circumstances their area of residence puts them in. If you are in rural area or an area with unreliable or no electricity supply at all, an off-grid system would be the best choice. If one is in an area with constant but unclean or expensive supply of electricity, then and on-grid system would be good for them.
For more help with choosing the type of system for your needs, our team of experts are available for a free consultation at https://www.deltacron.com/contact-us
What size of a system do I need?
Another big hurdle that people that want to go solar have is deciding the size of system they should install for themselves. Briefly put, when sizing your system, one has to look at what appliances they want to power in their home, their required power to run (Wattage) and for how long, on average, they want to run them. First, the wattage of many appliances is written at their back. Once this is known, it is multiplied by the average time of use per day. This is done for every appliance in the home, and the total added. This is the total required power per day. A simple structure of calculating is given in the table below:
| Appliance Name | Wattage (W) | Time of use per day in hours (T) | Daily Watt hour |
| 1 (E.g. TV) | Can be found at the back | How long is tv watched in the house | T x W |
| 2 (E.g. Computer) | Can be found at the back | How long the computer is used | T x W |
| Total Daily watt hour for all appliances |
The total Daily watt hour for all appliances is the energy your solar system is required to produce per day. With this information your system should be designed to produce this much energy.
For more on the detailed calculations and system design, contact us at https://www.deltacron.com/contact-us
Most businesses/industries are closed, meaning less demand on the grid for most countries. How will renewable energy be a factor in how we come out of this Covid-19 era, as demand for power increases when industries get back online?
Do you have a small renewable energy business, has your business been affected by covid-19, or are you thinking of starting one, but don’t know how? Share your story with us on our various social media platforms. Together we will come out strong.
As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve, we hope our clients, partners, friends and colleagues around the world are safe and healthy during these times.
We at Deltacron will continue serving our clients, as we understand that during times like these, the demand for energy, especially clean energy, is more than usual.
In light of the recent preventative measures taken by Public Health, the City of Ottawa/ province of Ontario and our community, we want to assure our clients and colleagues that we too are taking extraordinary measures to help flatten the curve.
Moving forward, until further notice, we have decided to have our team work remotely so as to encourage social distance. We have suspended all site visits and onsite consultations. All of our current projects have been suspended till further notice.
Clients, both new and existing, are encouraged to contact us through email, phone, video conference and/or social media should they require our assistance.
Despite the situation that has befallen almost the entire world, we will do our best to be there for our esteemed clients in a responsible and safe way. Together we will defeat this virus.
Stay safe
The Deltacron Team
Deltacron Tech Inc.
info@deltacron.com
www.deltacron.com
