The Ottawa-based solar construction and engineering firm will generate up to $260,000 in revenues annually from the project through producing 365,000 kilowatt-hours annually – enough to power 30 households.
According to Solexium spokesperson Jean-Francois Jaimes, the 1,339-panel complex is the biggest one his company has ever built.
Through the Ontario Power Authority feed-in-tariff program, the 250-kilowatt project, first commissioned in 2010, will receive 71.3 cents per kWh of electricity generated in the next two decades.
The OPA provides feed-in-tariffs, or a guaranteed stable price, for long-term renewable energy projects using items such as wind, solar and water.
A number of other companies were also involved:
- Hawkesbury, Ont.'s Barrette Electric installed the electrical components;
- Massachusetts' Satcon Technology Corp. manufactured the inverter;
- Kitchener, Ont.'s Canadian Solar Inc. made the modules;
- Germany's Schüco provided the panel mounting structure.
Past work for Solexium include several large solar complexes in Spain, the first commercial solar photovoltaic installation in Hawkesbury, Ont., and smaller projects in Lefaivre, Ont. and Alfred, Ont.
