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David DeBruin, Chief Financial Officer Bert DeBruin, CEO

LEVERAGING THE economy of scale, especially when you get into the

POWER FROM THE SUN mega projects.

AltaPro Electric will always talk to clients about
A solar project for a client begins with a site
the apps and monitoring devices available for their
assessment, which is a critical part of the project,
phones, so they can track energy production. Some
along with design. The site assessment team will
clients really want to see it in real time, while other
consider factors such as location, condition, roof
don’t focus on it.
surface, aesthetics, shading from nearby trees

or buildings, past yearly energy consumption/
There’s a lot of changes happening not only in
prediction, project budget, Building electrical
technology but in the solar industry itself. This
capacity, and system goals. For instance, whether
means the DeBruins have to keep up to date with
the system will aim for complete net-zero usage.
changes that could affect their business.

AltaPro Electric works with both residential and
“I know for Bert and myself, helping drive some
commercial clients. The approximate cost for
of the code changes to make sure that what we
residential systems is $3 a Watt for a turnkey
have for code here in Alberta matches what’s
system. Commercial and ground mounted projects
commonplace from the manufacturers across the
vary as there are multiple factors that affect the
globe,” David says. “One of the hurdles with the
cost. Generally, there is a good cost reduction with

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