Technologies: Solar

From early feasibility to construction and long-term operations, our solar advisory work spans the full project life cycle. We support developers evaluating new sites, IPPs securing financing, and asset owners managing operating portfolios — bringing the same technical rigour to a 5 MW community solar project as we do to a utility-scale build.

Solar glare analysis is one of the most common reasons developers and permitting authorities reach out to us directly. In Alberta, glare studies are typically required to satisfy Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) Rule 007, and getting the analysis wrong — or leaving it out of an application — can add months to an approval timeline. We prepare glare studies that hold up under regulator and stakeholder scrutiny, using the same modelling approach (PVsyst and HelioScope) we use for the underlying project design, so the glare findings are grounded in the same data as the layout itself.

For community and C&I solar in particular, we help clients navigate a different set of constraints than utility-scale developers face — smaller footprints, more complex ownership and interconnection structures, and a wider range of stakeholders. Our team scopes these projects the same way we’d scope a utility-scale build: site assessment, resource modelling, layout and design, and a clear-eyed look at what it will take to get the project financed and built.