Ontario Solar Program

Harvest solar energy and sell back to the grid for a credit.

Ontario solar program.

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. Thanks to generous feed in tariff programs solar energy really took off in the province. 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. This program is called share solar but is also known as the ontario free solar program to most people.

For select hydro communities. The fit program is for larger projects. However applications are limited each year. You can get paid 2000 3000 upfront depending on the size of your roof 10 of what the solar system produces 300 per year on average or you can engage in an accelerated ownership.

Canada eco energy ontario homeowner s can get 1 250 in grants from the canadian government for a new solar hot water system. All ontario utilities support the use of solar to help homes and businesses to reduce their consumption of utility power. Residential solar program unfortunately alberta s province wide solar incentive program has recently ended. However there are some other energy incentives available to homeowners.

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. Ontario is the leader for grid connected pv systems in canada. 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. 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. The microfit program is for projects with a capacity of 10 kilowatts or less. The government of canada grants up to 5 000 for home energy renovation s through the eco energy retrofit homes program which is in effect until march 31 2012.