For your home
Residential Solar Panel Installation in Edmonton
Rooftop systems sized to the power your household uses in a year, built for snow and hail, with the micro-generation paperwork filed for you and the payback year in writing.
Rooftop Solar for Edmonton Homes
There is no city rebate for solar in Edmonton any more, and the federal Greener Homes Loan has closed. Solar still pays here, for two reasons that have nothing to do with grants. Alberta credits the power you send back to the grid at your retail energy rate, and Edmonton’s June days run to seventeen hours of daylight.
Alberta’s micro-generation rules expect a home system to be sized to the electricity the home uses in a year. So we start with twelve months of your bills, not the size of your roof. A typical EPCOR household uses about 7,200 kWh a year, which works out to roughly a 6–7 kW system.
Home systems start from about $11,900 installed, and most Edmonton family homes land between $17,000 and $28,000. Before you sign, you get the system size, month-by-month output, cost, financing options and payback year in writing.
Call 250-250-2525 and we can usually tell you in one short call whether your roof is worth a closer look.
What’s included
What a Home Installation Includes
Sizing to your annual use
We size from a year of bills, because the micro-generation rules expect it and because overbuilding just exports power at the energy rate. If an EV or heat pump is coming, we plan for it now.
Roof survey: planes, pitch, shade, age
Every usable plane is measured and shade-modelled through the seasons. Mature elms and spruce, neighbouring two-storeys and chimneys all count. We also note how many winters your shingles have left.
Panels and racking for snow and hail
Tier-one all-black panels with tempered glass rated for hail, racking and attachments specified for Edmonton snow loads, and a layout that lets snow slide off the lower edge.
Licensed electrical work
Licensed electricians do all wiring. Many 1970s and 80s homes in Mill Woods, Castle Downs and Clareview have 100-amp panels. If yours needs an upgrade, it is in the quote, not a surprise.
Micro-generation paperwork
We prepare and file the micro-generation application with your wire owner, EPCOR in Edmonton or FortisAlberta in most surrounding towns, and pull the permits. Nothing is switched on until it is approved.
Commissioning and walkthrough
Inspection, switch-on and a walkthrough of your monitoring app, plus a plain explanation of how your retailer credits exports and whether a solar-club plan suits you.
Pricing
Home Solar Costs in Edmonton
| System size | Suits | Installed from | Output / yr | Saving yr 1 | Payback |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 kW | Small home or condo-style bungalow | from $11,900 | ~4,600 kWh | ~$920 | year 12 |
| 6 kW | Typical home (~7,000 kWh a year) | from $16,600 | ~6,900 kWh | ~$1,380 | year 11 |
| 8 kW | Larger home, central air | from $21,300 | ~9,200 kWh | ~$1,840 | year 11 |
| 10 kW | Large home, EV or heat pump | from $26,000 | ~11,500 kWh | ~$2,300 | year 11 |
Installed “from” prices (about $2.65/W at 8 kW, more per watt on small systems). Savings use a seasonal solar-club plan (~30¢/kWh April–September, ~7¢ October–March) and 5¢/kWh of avoided delivery charges, rising 2.5% a year. On a flat 12¢ plan, savings are about a third lower. Your number depends on orientation, shade and your electrical service.
Why us
Why Edmonton Homeowners Call Us
No rebate in the numbers
Our payback figures assume no grant, because none is open. If one returns, it is a bonus, not the reason the numbers work.
Sized to your bills
We follow the micro-generation sizing rule and your real use, so you aren’t paying for panels that only export.
Honest no’s
A north-facing roof, a heavy elm canopy or a small bill? We will tell you, even if it costs us the job.
Battery-ready from day one
We fit inverters that can take a battery later, so summer storms don’t mean starting over.
Bill sizer
Try your own numbers
Slide to your yearly use to see the system size, cost and payback, using the same assumptions as the table above.
Showing the average EPCOR home: 7,200 kWh a year on a seasonal solar-club plan.
Estimate only: 1,150 kWh per kW a year, ~35% of output used instantly at home, exports credited at your energy rate (solar club ~30¢ April–September and ~7¢ October–March, or a flat 12¢), 5¢/kWh of avoided delivery charges, prices rising 2.5% a year. Payback uses the mid-range price. No rebate assumed. How we calculate
The Edmonton sun year
Why the retail plan matters as much as the panels
At 53.5° north, Edmonton gets about seventeen hours of daylight in June and seven and a half in December. A solar array here makes most of its year’s energy between April and September, and very little in the weeks around Christmas.
Alberta pays for that pattern well. Exports are credited at your retail energy rate, and seasonal solar-club plans let you sit on a high rate (around 30¢/kWh) while you are exporting all summer, then switch to a low rate (around 7¢) for the winter, when you buy more than you make.
We help you pick a plan at switch-on, and remind you when it is time to switch in the fall. Solar club plans explained
Process
How a Home Install Runs
Assessment
Twelve months of bills, your roof planes and shade, and your electrical panel. Most of it is done by phone and satellite imagery before anyone visits.
You learn whether solar suits your roof at all.
Design & quote
System size, month-by-month output, cost, financing and payback year, in writing with the assumptions shown. Battery options priced alongside.
A written quote you can compare line by line.
Approval, then install
We file the micro-generation application with your wire owner and pull permits. Once approved, our team and vetted contractor partners install, usually in one to three days.
Nothing goes on your roof before it is approved.
Switch-on
Inspection, meter work by your wire owner and commissioning. We show you the monitoring app and help you choose a retail plan that credits your exports well.
A working system and a plan that pays you properly.
On-site work usually takes one to three days. Wire-owner approval and permits take longer than the install, so allow four to eight weeks from signing to switch-on. Spring bookings fill first.
Areas we serve
Residential Solar Panel Installation across Edmonton and the Capital Region.
Our other services
- Commercial, Farm & Acreage SolarRoof and ground mounts for businesses, farms and acreages, with the 30% tax credit worked in.
- Off-Grid Solar SystemsStand-alone power with batteries and generator backup, sized for January rather than June.
- Solar Battery Storage & Backup PowerBackup for essential circuits when the power goes out, added to new or existing solar.
- Solar Panel Repair, Snow & MaintenanceOutput diagnosis, inverter replacement, hail inspections and cleaning, on any installer’s system.
Find out what solar would do to your power bill.
A free estimate starts with a short phone call. No pressure, no obligation, and a straight answer either way.
250-250-2525Have these ready
- A year of power bills or the “kWh used” line from each. Twelve months tells us more than anything else.
- Your address, so we can check roof direction, pitch and shade on satellite imagery.
- A photo of your electrical panel with the door open. It shows whether an upgrade is needed.
- Plans for an EV, heat pump, hot tub or garage suite, so the system is sized for them.