Ontario Solar Program

The ontario power authority opa has developed a feed in tariff fit program for the province of ontario to encourage and promote greater use of renewable energy sources.

Ontario solar program.

The fit program is for larger projects. The overall goal is to defer the need for ontario to add generation facilities and solar is clean reliable and empowers residents to take control of the power. Residential solar program unfortunately alberta s province wide solar incentive program has recently ended. The microfit program is for projects with a capacity of 10 kilowatts or less.

Ontario is the leader for grid connected pv systems in canada. However applications are limited each year. Banff solar production incentive the town of banff currently offers a 0 75 per watt rebate on solar energy systems. This program is called share solar but is also known as the ontario free solar program to most people.

Canada eco energy ontario homeowner s can get 1 250 in grants from the canadian government for a new solar hot water system. Net metering is another type of renewable energy program in ontario which allows customers reduce their hydro bill by exporting generated electricity back to the utility grid for a credit against energy consumed. Harvest solar energy and sell back to the grid for a credit. However there are some other energy incentives available to homeowners.

The only solar rebate program that was available to ontario homeowners was the greenon solar rebate program however this was cancelled by the current conservative provincial government. With share solar there are 3 options to go solar. These include wind waterpower renewable biomass bio gas landfill gas and solar photovoltaic solar pv for electricity generating projects in ontario the microfit program is a stream of the fit program. For select hydro communities.

All ontario utilities support the use of solar to help homes and businesses to reduce their consumption of utility power. While those feed in tariff programs are now closed homeowners and businesses in ontario will soon benefit from the new greenon solar rebate program coming summer 2018. The fit and microfit programs are designed for projects that generate electricity from a renewable resource such as wind water solar energy and bioenergy biomass bio gas or landfill gas.