More individuals install panels on their property, but large projects of more than five megawatts are also popping up
Improved technology, a dramatic drop in the cost of solar panels and provincial and federal goals for greener energy have created a massive demand for solar power, the head of Alberta’s solar organization told Alberta’s general farm organization.
In the past 10 years, the price of solar panels has dropped 90 percent, making home and farm solar affordable, said Heather MacKenzie, executive director of Alberta Solar.
“Because of this more people are investing in solar for economic reasons rather than purely environmental ones. People used to see solar as a risky investment, but now it is viewed as a logical and necessary component of our energy sector that will only grow in the future as part of the market share.”
In Alberta, microgeneration, the small-scale…