Solar Solutions for Manufacturing Businesses
Engineered for Industrial Reliability
Hedge against volatile energy prices and leverage the 30% Federal Clean Technology Investment Tax Credit to transform your facility’s roof into a long-term asset.
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Energy Independence for Canadian Manufacturing
The Rising Cost of Production
Energy is one of the most volatile line items in a manufacturer’s budget. Across Canada, industrial rates are subject to grid infrastructure updates, carbon pricing, and delivery fees that are beyond your control.
Turn OpEx into ROI
Generate your own clean energy for less. Every dollar you save on hydro drops directly to your Net Operations Income (NOI), increasing your property's value.
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Maximize Incentives
We are experts in navigating all federal and provincial programs, including the 30% Investment Tax Credit, and 100% CCA deduction of the asset's value in the first year.
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Supply Chain Compliance
Meet increasing ESG requirements from major retailers and global partners by decarbonizing your production.
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Operational Hedge
Lock in a portion of your energy costs for the next 30+ years at a fixed, predictable rate.
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Can you afford to do nothing?
The Hidden Cost of Inaction
For industrial facilities in Canada, electricity is a primary input. Unlike other raw materials, electricity costs are subject to grid infrastructure levies, carbon taxes, and delivery fees that scale regardless of your efficiency.
Long-Term Cost Control & Inflation Immunity
Canadian industrial electricity rates are volatile, with historical increases from 5% to 15% annually. Solar allows you to fix your Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) at installation, creating a 30-year hedge that protects your production margins from uncontrolled utility price inflation.
ESG Compliance
Simultaneously meet Scope 2 emission targets required by Tier 1 automotive and retail partners, ensuring your facility remains a preferred supplier in a decarbonizing global supply chain.
Capital Efficiency & Federal Incentives
Every year of delay is a year of lost savings. By acting now, you capture the 30% Federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) and leverage 100% Accelerated CCA. This combination effectively subsidizes half of your project cost through immediate tax refunds and depreciation shields.
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Matching Generation to Consumption
The profitability of industrial solar isn’t just about total generation, it’s about the synchronization of energy production with your production floor’s demand.
Industrial Solar
Does solar work as a class A Customer?
Evaluating solar viability for Class A customers involves two primary financial drivers: Global Adjustment (GA) mitigation and peak demand reduction.
Solar generation typically coincides with the top five custom grid peaks (usually between July and August). Solar aligns with the top 5 custom peaks. When the demand on the grid is the highest that’s when solar is producing at its peak. By reducing your facility's coincident demand during these hours, you lower your Peak Demand Factor, significantly reducing Global Adjustment charges for the following period.
Beyond GA savings, solar consistently offsets facility peak demand throughout the year, lowering monthly delivery and capacity charges.
Solar production peaks during periods of highest electricity pricing, providing a natural hedge against volatile market rates.
What’s the difference
Net-Metering VS Load Displacement
Net metering allows you to send excess solar power back to the grid for energy credits, which are then used to offset future electricity bills. In contrast, load displacement prioritizes self-consumption by keeping all generated power on-site; any excess is either stored in a battery or wasted, with no option to export it to the grid for credit.
Otter Energy would “right size” your Load Displacement systems to minimize wasted energy. For a given building, a Load Displacement Systems would typically be smaller than a Net Metered system.
Manufacturing Installation Project
SCHÜTZ
SCHÜTZ Container Systems is a global leader in intermediate bulk containers that wanted to significantly reduce electricity costs at its state-of-the-art reconditioning facility in Belleville, Ontario. Otter Energy designed and installed a turn-key Commercial Scale Solar PV design with a total return on investment of 575%.
$12.6M
Hydro Savings
575%
ROI
A Flawless Process
Your Project, De-Risked from Start to Finish.
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Analysis & Proposal
We analyze your site, energy usage, and hydro tariffs to build a detailed financial proposal showing your precise ROI.
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Engineering & Incentives
Our engineers design the optimal system while our team secures all hydro approvals and government incentives.
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Installation & Management
Our ISO 9001-certified process and in-house project managers ensure your project is built on time, on budget, and safely.
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Commissioning & Support
We handle the final commissioning and quality control testing as well as provide full monitoring and support for the life of your system.
Federal Incentives in Canada
The government is subsidizing up to 50%+ of project costs through tax mechanisms.
30% Clean Technology ITC
Refundable
The Federal Government offers a refundable tax credit for up to 30% of the capital cost of solar energy equipment. This is a direct reduction in the net price of your system.
100% Accelerated CCA
Tax Sheild
Under Class 43.1 and 43.2, you can write off the full cost of solar assets much faster than standard industrial machinery.
Save ON Energy program
Ontario
Solar generation systems with more than 10 kW and up to 1 MW of alternating current (AC) are eligible to receive $860/kW-AC to a maximum of $860,000.
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