Orizon Energy is headquartered on Ogden Rd SE and installs commercial solar, battery storage, and demand-shaving systems for office, retail, and industrial facilities across the metro.
Southern Alberta receives some of the strongest solar irradiance of any major metro in the country, averaging around 1,292 kWh of production per installed kW annually according to provincial PV potential data, ahead of Winnipeg, Regina, and every city further east. That production advantage, paired with a deregulated electricity market where floating rates have been volatile in recent years, is why office parks, distribution centers, and light-industrial buildings in the region increasingly pencil out for solar.
Chinook winds and a relatively dry climate also mean less cloud cover and faster snow melt on rooftop arrays compared with much of the rest of the province, which helps close the seasonal production gap between summer and winter months.
Commercial solar installations require a development permit and building permit through the city's planning and development services, plus an electrical permit tied to the Alberta Building Code. Properties on the ENMAX distribution network apply for microgeneration interconnection directly through ENMAX, following the same provincial Micro-generation Regulation framework used across Alberta. Facilities in industrial parks along Barlow Trail and Ogden Road, near our own headquarters, are common candidates for ground-mount and large rooftop systems given their typical building footprints.
A metal fabrication shop operating a 32,000 sq ft facility near Barlow Trail was seeing ENMAX bills climb past $4,200 a month, with a large share tied to overnight equipment loads that didn't align well with daytime solar production alone.
Orizon paired a 95 kW rooftop array with a right-sized battery system, shifting a portion of stored daytime generation into the evening shift and reducing the facility's peak demand charge on its commercial rate schedule.
The combined system cut the facility's monthly utility cost by roughly 48% in year one, with a projected payback period under 5 years after the federal ITC and CCA depreciation.
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Rooftop and ground-mount systems for offices, retail centers, and industrial buildings across the region.
Learn More →On-site storage to shift load and add resilience for facilities on ENMAX and other local distribution networks.
Learn More →Reduce peak demand charges for commercial and industrial rate accounts through battery dispatch and load management.
Learn More →We also serve businesses in Edmonton and communities across central and southern Alberta.
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