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SOLAR INSTALLATIONKelowna

SERVICES

Our Solar Installation Services

Five services for homes, businesses, farms and off-grid properties across Kelowna. Each starts with an assessment and ends with switch-on.

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Low aerial view across Kelowna rooftops with one large home carrying a full black solar array

INDEX

Choose a service

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  1. 01 Residential Solar InstallationPanels on your house, sized to a year of bills and connected to FortisBC. Size5–12 kWOn site1–3 daysUtility stepFortisBC net metering Roof mid-installation with aluminium rails across dark shingles and the first black modules clamped in place
  2. 02 Business & Farm Solar InstallationRoof or ground arrays for shops, offices, wineries, orchards and strata. Size15–50 kWOn site3–10 daysUtility stepFortisBC, 50 kW cap Ground-mounted solar array on steel posts beside rows of apple trees
  3. 03 Off-Grid Solar InstallationStand-alone solar, batteries and backup generation for places without a line. Size2–15 kWOn site2–5 daysUtility stepNone Tidy off-grid power shed with a wall-mounted inverter-charger and a rack of plain battery modules
  4. 04 Battery Backup InstallationBatteries and backup panels that keep chosen circuits on in an outage. Size10–30 kWhOn site1–2 daysUtility stepFortisBC review if paired with solar Close-up of a residential backup sub-panel with breakers beside a plain battery cabinet
  5. 05 Solar Repair, Maintenance & Re-InstallationDiagnostics, repairs, cleaning and remove-and-reinstall for re-roofing. Visit1–3 hoursRe-install1–3 daysUtility stepUsually none Solar inverter on a stucco wall with small status lights and a tool bag on a shelf below

WHO WE HELP

Homes, businesses and off-grid owners

Newer two-storey homes on a curving hillside street above a golf course, two with black rooftop solar arrays

TYPE 01

Homes

Detached houses, homes with suites and townhomes. Sized to a year of FortisBC bills, laid out on a drawing, installed in one to three days.

Typical
6–10 kW
Panels
14–23
Payback
year 13–15
Residential installation
Low winery production building with a large solar array across its metal roof and grapevines in front

TYPE 02

Business & farms

Shops, offices, wineries, orchards and strata buildings. Daytime loads use solar as it is made, up to FortisBC’s 50 kW cap per account.

Typical
15–50 kW
Mount
roof or ground
Cap
50 kW / account
Business & farm installation
Small wooden cabin among ponderosa pines with a six-panel ground-mounted array beside it

TYPE 03

Off-grid

Cabins, shops and rural lots without a line, or where a line costs more than a system. Designed for December, with honest generator hours.

Typical
2–15 kW
Battery
days, not hours
Utility
none
Off-grid installation

EVERY JOB

The same sequence, whatever the service

Every installation goes through assessment, design, approvals, installation, inspection and switch-on. Off-grid systems skip FortisBC; business systems take longer on site. The order doesn’t change.

You get the timeline in writing, with the steps only FortisBC or an inspector can do marked clearly, so you know where any wait comes from.

How installation works

Typical Kelowna home solar installation timeline Seven steps over about nine weeks: assessment in week 0 to 1, design and quote in week 1 to 2, FortisBC application in weeks 2 to 5, permits in weeks 3 to 5, installation in week 5 to 6, inspection in week 6 to 7, interconnection and switch-on in weeks 7 to 9. W0W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W1001 AssessmentYou + us02 Design & written quoteUs03 FortisBC applicationFortisBC04 PermitsUs05 Install daysCrew06 InspectionInspector07 Interconnection & switch-onFortisBC + you Our workUtility or inspector
FIG. G A typical home takes 6–10 weeks from first visit to switch-on. Install day itself is the short bar.
Timeline as a table
StepWhoWeeksWhat happens
AssessmentYou + us0–1Bills, roof, panel box, shade. Usually one visit or a video call.
Design & written quoteUs1–2Panel layout, single-line drawing, price, timeline and payback in writing.
FortisBC applicationFortisBC2–5Net-metering application; FortisBC reviews it and approves construction.
PermitsUs3–5Technical Safety BC electrical permit; a City of Kelowna building permit if structural work is involved.
Install daysCrew5–6Usually 1–3 days on site for a home: mounts, rails, modules, inverter, wiring.
InspectionInspector6–7Electrical inspection of the finished work under the permit.
Interconnection & switch-onFortisBC + you7–9Interconnection Agreement signed, meter set for net metering, system commissioned.

WORK ORDER № SIK-002

Start with a free assessment

Tell us where the property is and what you’re after. We reply within one business day with next steps, or a straight answer if solar doesn’t suit it.

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  • A year of FortisBC bills helps most
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  • Plans for an EV, heat pump or pool

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