in BC and Manitoba. They do everything from small offgrid systems up to utility-scale micro-grid projects. Danny describes residential projects as the company’s “staple,” keeping their crews busy throughout the installation season, from April to December. He also says those projects often lead to bigger commercial jobs down the line. “A lot of the time, we’ll install a residential system on someone’s home, and that person ends up being the CEO of a First Nations development corporation,” he says. “That usually sparks a conversation along the lines of ‘Hey, can we do this for the Nation? Or can we do this for my business?’” Again, when it comes to their larger jobs, Solvest has the capacity to design, procure and construct large-scale PV systems that can offset the energy requirements for large companies or even entire communities. On the community scale, they have installed several massive projects over the last three years. The first was in 2018 in Old Crow, Yukon, for the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation – that ended up comprising about 2,000 solar modules. Three years and a thousand modules later, the company is finishing their second utility-scale project of 2022, including a 2.6MW solar farm with 4,800 modules. They are also currently doing another similarly-sized project in Inuvik, in the Northwest Territories. According to Danny, clients spearheading communityfocused projects like those choose Solvest due to the depth of their capability. It is common for other companies to have one consultant handle the THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA
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