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What is an Electric Panel? Your Home’s Electrical System

What is an Electric Panel? Your Home’s Electrical System

What is an Electric Panel? The electric panel—also known as the breaker box or distribution board—is the backbone of your home’s electrical system. It’s what manages all the electricity coming in from the grid or solar panels, making sure each circuit gets the power it needs and keeping everything safe from overloads. The electrical panel, [...]

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What is a Battery Backup? Energy Security with Solar Power

What is a Battery Backup? Energy Security with Solar Power

What is a Solar Battery Backup? A battery backup is a system that stores excess electricity produced by your solar panels, allowing you to use that stored energy during times when solar production is low or the grid is down. Battery backups are rechargeable, and they ensure that you have power available when you need [...]

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What is Trenching? Is Trenching Required for Solar?

What is Trenching? Is Trenching Required for Solar?

What is Trenching? Trenching refers to the process of digging narrow, long ditches or trenches in the ground to install electrical wiring or conduit. In the context of solar energy installations, trenching is used to run underground cables that connect your solar panels to your home’s electrical system or the utility grid. When Do You [...]

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What is a Snow Guard? Keeping Your Solar Panels and Roof Safe

What is a Snow Guard? Keeping Your Solar Panels and Roof Safe

What is a Snow Guard? A snow guard is a protective device installed on a roof to help control the release of accumulated snow. Snow guards prevent large, heavy sheets of snow and ice from sliding off all at once, instead allowing it to melt and fall off gradually. They’re particularly helpful in snowy climates [...]

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How Do I Pick the Right Solar Installer?

How Do I Pick the Right Solar Installer?

Choosing the right solar installer Choosing the right solar installer is a more important than many people may realize. High- quality panels and equipment are indeed essential, but it’s the expertise and reliability of your installer that will shape your system’s performance, lifespan, and even the validity of warranties, for the next 30-40 years. A [...]

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Xolar Announcing New Partnership With Apple HVAC

Xolar Announcing New Partnership With Apple HVAC

PRESS RELEASE November 5th, 2024 Xolar Inc. Announcing New Partnership With Apple HVAC of Ottawa, Ontario to Promote Residential Solar Installation Services.    Campbellford, Ontario – Xolar Inc. is pleased to announce a new partnership with Apple HVAC servicing Ottawa, Ontario and the entire Ottawa Valley. 5-Star Heating and Cooling company, Apple HVAC, will now [...]

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Xolar Announcing New Partnership With EasY HVAC Services Inc

Xolar Announcing New Partnership With EasY HVAC Services Inc

PRESS RELEASE October 22st, 2024 Xolar Inc. Announcing New Partnership With EasY HVAC Services Inc of Petawawa, Ontario to Promote Residential and Commercial Solar Installation Services. Campbellford, Ontario – Xolar Inc. is pleased to announce a new partnership with EasY HVAC Services Inc, servicing Pembroke, Petawawa, Deep River and Renfrew areas within Ontario. EasY HVAC [...]

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Xolar Announcing New Partnership With Homeland Electric Inc

Xolar Announcing New Partnership With Homeland Electric Inc

PRESS RELEASE October 21st, 2024 Xolar Inc. Announcing New Partnership With Homeland Electric Inc of Alberton, PEI to Promote Residential and Commercial Solar Installation Services. Campbellford, Ontario – Xolar Inc. is pleased to announce a new partnership withHomeland Electric Inc servicing the entire western half of Prince Edward Island. Homeland Electric Inc of PEI will [...]

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Electricity Demand in Ontario Set to Grow by 75% by 2050

Electricity Demand in Ontario Set to Grow by 75% by 2050

Electricity Demand in Ontario Set to Grow by 75% by 2050: What It Means for Solar Energy What’s Driving the Surge in Demand? Rapid and transformative innovations in new technology, and the demand for such technology, will cause a sharp rise in demand for electricity within Ontario in the next 25 years. According to the [...]

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