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Start with the decision
Screen a Canadian commercial energy project.
Start with the site's load, tariff, and constraints. Use the screen to identify the questions for a study, then export the evidence as a brief.
01 / Inputs
Define the commercial site
Reviewed NRCan annual PV potential, south-facing at latitude tilt.
Context only. This choice does not silently alter the capacity calculation.
Information for the brief only. Financing costs and contract pricing are not modelled.
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Use one complete year, or leave blank and enter all 12 monthly values below.Enter 12 monthly electricity-use values instead
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Optional. Enter area after known setbacks and obstructions.kWdc
Optional. The model uses the lowest stated capacity bound.CAD/kWh
User-entered import energy value. Enerwav does not insert a province default.Export and rate context
Optional label from the selected utility tariff.
Use this only when no energy is expected to export. Otherwise enter both export inputs.%
Enter only with an explicit export credit.CAD/kWh
Leave blank to keep export value suppressed.Installed cost and operating assumptions
CAD/Wdc
User-entered lower or single installed-cost assumption.CAD/Wdc
Optional. Blank uses the entered installed cost as both boundaries.CAD
Alternative to CAD/Wdc. Do not enter both cost methods.CAD
Optional upper total-cost boundary.CAD/year
Required for discounted cash flow. No universal O&M default is applied.CAD/year
Optional upper O&M boundary.The screening view is fixed at 25 years. Financing structure is informational.
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Visible user assumption. No hidden discount rate is applied.%/year
Visible user assumption. Enter zero to hold value flat.%/year
Editable preliminary NREL-derived assumption. It is not a guarantee.Storage upper-bound screen
Presets set nameplate values only. They do not create annual savings.
kW
Nameplate discharge power.kWh
Nameplate energy.%
Visible editable efficiency convention.hours
Duration used for the energy-limited clipping bound.kW
Optional target limit.kW
Optional observed peak limit.CAD/kW-month
User-entered tariff demand charge.months
Whole number from 1 to 12.CAD/kWh
Entered cost of charging energy.CAD/kWh
Entered value of discharged energy.cycles/year
Annualization remains withheld without the confirmations below.Commercial ITC and CCA screen
These questions screen the Clean Technology ITC and Class 43.1. They do not establish tax eligibility or filing treatment.
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User-entered lower or single basis. Never assumed from total cost.CAD
Optional upper basis boundary.CAD
Entered assistance reduces the screened ITC basis.%
Required only to screen tax savings.02 / Results
Illustrative estimate
Results are indicative, source-linked screens, not a guarantee.
Load offset
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Simple payback
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Choose a mode and enter site information to begin.
03 / Evidence
Assumptions
CAD
Enter only an independently verified capital adjustment. It is separate from the ITC assistance question.Formula contract
- Modeled capacity is the lower of the entered target, roof, and load-matched capacity bounds that are available. Roof capacity = usable roof area ÷ 6 m²/kWdc.
- Annual generation method: annual generation uses 80% to 90% of the reviewed municipal annual resource value.
- Annual energy value method: Explicit export scenario: import portion = annual generation × (1 − export share) × entered import value; export portion = annual generation × export share × entered export credit; total annual energy value = import portion + export portion. Without complete export inputs or an explicit all-self-consumed confirmation, annual energy value remains suppressed. Annual matching does not establish interval self-consumption, coincidence, tariff ratchets, or future rates.
- Simple payback method: low cost divided by high annual benefit gives the low boundary, and high cost divided by low annual benefit gives the high boundary. Entered O&M is deducted from annual benefit.
- Clean Technology ITC method: entered eligible basis less entered assistance, multiplied by the applicable official rate.
- Capital cost allowance method: the screened deduction follows the selected ITC and UCC treatment and entered tax rate.
- Storage bound method: peak clipping is limited by power, discharged energy over the event, entered target, and observed peak. Per-cycle value subtracts full charged-energy cost from discharged-energy value.
- Cash-flow method: the 25-year chart discounts the midpoint of each visible user-defined range. Payback preserves a reached boundary and a not-reached boundary when only part of the range crosses within the horizon.
Source record
Choose a municipality to expose its exact reviewed source record.
The reviewed NRCan municipality records use 1974 to 1993 climatology coverage and publish annual resource in kWh/kWp/year. The metadata record was modified 2024-02-15, which does not extend the measurement period.
Tax source boundaries
The Clean Technology ITC screen uses the current official rate window and requires explicit claimant, property, labour, available-for-use, assistance, and basis answers.
The CCA screen excludes Class 43.2 for new 2025 onward property and requires an explicit ITC and UCC treatment. Tax savings remain suppressed without an entered tax rate.
Open the CRA Clean Technology ITC rate source
Open the NREL source for the editable preliminary degradation assumption
All results are preliminary screens. A qualified site study, utility review, and professional tax advice must confirm decision inputs.
Choose a mode and enter site information to begin.
Reviewed Canadian evidence
Explore sourced Canadian projects
Project records separate sourced claims from unknown fields and retain evidence grades.
| Project | Place | Type | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPCOR Smart Grid System at E.L. Smith Water Treatment Plant | Edmonton, Alberta | solar-plus-storage | Natural Resources Canada |
| Summerside Sunbank | Summerside, Prince Edward Island | solar-plus-storage | City of Summerside |
| Oneida Energy Storage | Haldimand County, Ontario | storage | Oneida Energy Storage Limited Partnership |