Re:Impacts of Adding PV Solar System to Internal Combustion ...
by slavik81 on Monday July 14, 2025 @07:41PM
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From an efficiency standpoint, we should probably be building grid-scale solar in Alberta and pumped storage in BC. There's more sunshine on the east side of the Rockies.
As a resident of Alberta, I pay $0.205/kWh, which I largely attribute to bad decisions made by our provincial government. Even still, my 10 kW solar install is barely financially viable at those rates.
With that said, it would help if the Canadian government didn't have enormous tariffs on solar panels. Canada levies taxes such that solar panels here cost nearly triple what they cost elsewhere.
As a resident of Alberta, I pay $0.205/kWh, which I largely attribute to bad decisions made by our provincial government. Even still, my 10 kW solar install is barely financially viable at those rates.
With that said, it would help if the Canadian government didn't have enormous tariffs on solar panels. Canada levies taxes such that solar panels here cost nearly triple what they cost elsewhere.