How Do Solar Panels Work?

June 23, 2020:
If you’ve followed renewable energy during the exponential growth of solar energy’s viability, you understand the appeal: reliable energy with no moving parts, minimal maintenance, and a long lifespan. As a customer or follower of SkyFire Energy, we know you already care about the benefits, both environmentally and practically, of…
Supporting Local Businesses in Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, and the Okanagan

June 19, 2020:
Buy local is trending these days and for good reason though the need to support local businesses is far from new. In fact, small and medium-sized business owners, chambers of commerce and local politicians have been speaking to this need for many years. While much has changed from the days…
Ermineskin Cree Nation Sundancer Solar Film Project

April 29, 2020:
The Sundancer project is a milestone project that began in 2019 – 1.2 MWp of ground-mount solar PV in the heart of Ermineskin Cree Nation Southwest of Edmonton, Alberta. SkyFire has worked with many Indigenous communities successfully in the past as part of our commitment to answer the the 92nd…
Electric Vehicle Charging in Western Canada

February 12, 2020:
It’s tough to miss the sudden surge of electric vehicles happening in the world right now. Where the iconic T shaped Tesla logo used to feel noteworthy, something to mention to another passenger in the car, at this point Teslas and their EV competitors are becoming commonplace. As electric vehicles…
The Case For Solar PV in an Era of Canadian Carbon Taxes

January 13, 2020:
Concerns with climate change quickly morphed into a climate emergency in 2019 and the likelihood that these growing concerns are going to diminish or vanish altogether appears unrealistic at best. One could likely surmise then that the new Federal Carbon Levy (or some form of) which was introduced in Saskatchewan…