An electricity retailer in Alberta is betting it can entice more homeowners to make the switch to solar panels by launching what it calls Canada's first retail, 100 per cent green energy-based 'virtual power plant.'
Crews install solar panels on a house as part of Solartility’s pilot project in Calgary in an undated handout photo. The company offers its residential solar clients access to bi-directional interval meters, meaning they can sell the electricity they generate onto the grid at times of peak demand only, maximizing the financial benefit. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Solartility,
Most importantly, though, customers will also receive a bi-directional interval meter, which records power flow in two directions on an hourly basis. "It means that for the first time, residential solar customers in Alberta will have access to the wholesale electricity market." Butcher said the virtual power plant concept will result in electricity cost savings for Solartility customers of up to 30 per cent."You’re going to go out there and lay out $35,000, $40,000 for solar panels, and the ROI’s been coming down, for sure, but it’s still upwards of 15 years nowadays to get your money back out of that system."
With electricity grids expected to come under increased pressure in the coming years as society embraces electric vehicles, MacDonald said, grid management is going to become increasingly important. In order to handle that increased load, as well as to account for the intermittent natures of wind and solar power, grids will have to make smart use of battery storage in periods of lower demand and then inject that power back into the grid when demand spikes, he said.
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