St John s installs solar panels on-site energy

We even have solar panels outside the Saint John Energy building on Simms Street, though they are used to collect data on the potential for community solar developments – work that continues. We've not yet explored utility-scale solar in this way before.

Your solar system will connect to the grid in St. John's via the Net-Metering program. Excess energy you produce is credited by your power company at the retail electricity rate, balancing out your usage across day and night, as well as summer and winter months.

An average solar power installation in St. John's will produce approximately 936 kWh for every 1KW of solar power installed. New solar technology has ensured that solar installations can reach their baseline production even in unfavorable sunlight conditions.

With energy prices expected to rise through at least 2030, going solar protects you from increasing costs by generating your own power. Your solar system will connect to the grid in St. John's via the Net-Metering program.

In this blog piece, Will shares why Saint John Energy is looking for developers for a solar farm in the city. Saint John Energy is embarking on an exciting new chapter in its journey towards a sustainable future with our call for developers interested in building a utility-scale solar farm in the city.

So this first for Saint John Energy will be an important test on the feasibility of adopting solar into our energy mix. Burchill is proving that renewable energy is not only good for the environment but makes great business sense.