Customer story · Port Hope, ON · 2023
Michael's 11.34 kW solar installation in Port Hope, Ontario
- System size
- 11.34 kW
- Location
- Port Hope, Ontario
- Installed
- 2023
- Video length
- 3:20
About Michael's installation
Our most recent client Michael installed an 11 KW solar panel power system on his home in Owen Sound, Ontario.
He chose XOLAR to install a SolarEdge system with power optimizer technology that provides panel-level system monitoring.
The system utilizes high efficiency all-black panels, bringing a modern look to the home.
In Michael's words
Transcript from the video's auto-generated captions. The only correction is our company name, which the captions spell as it sounds; everything else is as captioned. Recorded in 2024: rebates and financing mentioned may have changed since (see current rebates).
0:00uh my name is Michael and I'm in Port Hope Ontario and uh I work professionally as an actor I've been concerned about climate chains for a
0:08number of years now and that's really what um has motivated me to put the solar panels up on the roofs and I think
0:18the financial considerations as far as uh an investment in in the value of the house down the road that was uh
0:26certainly a consideration as well so having bought a an electric car a couple of years ago um I was getting more
0:33interested in electricity generation in general I have a pretty long history with um renewable energy and uh so I
0:42started as a wind guy and now I'm a solar guy and I remember meeting one of the engineers chatting with him one night he said these wind turbines are
0:51great machines but he said really the future in renewable energy is solar the process was really accurately subcribe
1:00once I started actually contacting them the thing I really liked about them was they're great communicators they were always available
1:08to answer questions there was um a lot of resources that I could uh link through on the website so uh so I felt
1:17pretty comfortable early on but um I did talk briefly to a couple of other companies I'm making quite a bit more
1:25electricity than I need on a monthly basis they really helped in the planning process and and guiding me to the decision about you know how much I was
1:34going to spend and how many panels I was going to put up there and and the great thing about what that I thought is they
1:42weren't pushing me to You Know cover every inch of the roof the panels and selling me more equipment than I needed
1:49so there was um I thought there was a really good balance about looking at my needs took about uh it was about 2 and
1:561/2 days the guy who was the the four person Foreman of the crew was um was great communicating with me and if you
2:05know questions I had they' used a corner of my garage as a store room for the panels and the rest of their equipment
2:12and when they went to clean up they actually swept out the whole garage which I thought was a very nice touch so definitely made me appreciate solar as
2:21well you know those little things sometimes can make a difference to me gave me a lot of confidence in the company they would take care of
2:29everything uh all my electricity needs were taken care of by by the panels for sure and I've got a pretty sizable I
2:37think a pretty sizable credit already for me having an electric car that's actually one of my biggest electricity uses is charging the car and you know
2:46I'm fortunate with a garage here I can put in a level two charger but I would say it was definitely a big motivation
2:53Factor especially the uh the no interest loan I would highly recommend them and then when they went out up I thought wow they they almost look like a piece of
3:02modern art sculpture up there cuz they're you know they're really black and and they they just to me they just looked really cool I'm really happy with
3:09the whole thing and uh glad I did it for sure
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