The first step you take after you have considered available roof or ground space is to look at your home monthly average electricity usage from your electrical bill.
Adding solar panels to home ontario.
How much will solar panels cost for an average ontario customer.
Ontario s time of day electricity rates make the cost of solar about 95 per cent of the average cost to buy power from the grid.
According to data from national resources canada the average solar system in ontario can produce 1166kwh of electricity per kw of solar panels per year.
This means that to offset 100 of their electrical use an average ontario homeowner would need to install an approximately 7 500 watt solar array.
The key number you are interested in finding is your most current 12 month total kwh kilowatt hours.
We recommend adding solar to an existing home as a worthwhile investment.
Charlebois said the average cost for a 5 kilowatt solar.
Choosing the right size solar panel kit for your ontario home.
Ontario has the fifth highest potential to produce solar energy in all of canada receiving more solar irradiation than most other provinces except for the prairies and quebec.