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Solar Energy in Canada Ontario?

Where can i buy 10 kW Solar Panels for a roof that rotate in Canada? Is this a good investment? What would the payments be per month? How much profit on average a month? at 80.2cents a kw this seems like a good investment… Is there a a lot of maintenance? what are the costs? Thanks

There are numerous places in Ontario to purchase solar panels and I imagine there are several where you live. I wouldn’t worry about tracking panels in southern Ontario since they require energy that you intend to sell and the gain in electricity revenue is negated by the computer and motors to move the solar panels. In order to get the 80.2 cents the microFit project must be roof mounted and this adds considerable weight to the roof you are mounting the panels on.
I take it that since you said 10kw you are looking at getting into the micorFit program. I did a calculation yesterday for a 10 kw system in Barrie Ontario using fairly efficient (Peak Efficiency @ 14.1%) poly-Si – CS5P 240W panels from Canadian Solar. The project requires 41 – 240w panels and depending on the instillation would cost about $83640.00 cad.. The project requires a roof area of about 70 square metres on a preexisting building. In Barrie this setup should produce approximately 12.2 MWh / year with an annual gross return of $9747.00 with an additional annual income of $182.00 in carbon credits.

Payments per month should cover the cost of the equipment (talk to the bank) and maintenance is minimal just requiring the occasional cleaning.

Lumeta: peel & stick solar – 2.25 kw in 34 minutes