Solar in Thorsby,built to last.
A sturdy little prairie town about 55 minutes southwest of our Edmonton shop on Highway 39. We put LONGi 500W panels and APsystems DS3 microinverters on Thorsby roofs and Leduc County acreages, file the FortisAlberta paperwork, and back the whole job with a lifetime leak-proof roof guarantee. Solid work that holds up to Alberta winters.
The numbers, plainly.
Thorsby sits on open prairie in Leduc County, and that flat, bright exposure is exactly what solar wants. Central Alberta logs roughly 2,300 hours of sunshine a year — more annual sun than a lot of places people assume are sunnier. The cold helps too: panels run more efficiently in winter air than in summer heat, so a crisp February afternoon can out-produce a muggy July one.
Here is how a typical Thorsby home pencils out. A standard rooftop system runs about $2.80 per watt installed for cash. Most houses land in the 7–8 kW range, which works out to roughly $19,600 to $22,400 before any incentives. Smaller 3–6 kW systems cost a bit more per watt, because the fixed costs of a crew, permits and racking spread across fewer panels. Payback usually lands around 7–8 years, and from there the power is essentially free for the decades the system keeps running.
The goal we design toward is a roughly $0 annual electricity bill. You will still pay the fixed daily admin and distribution charges that every Alberta account carries, but net metering can wipe out the energy portion of your bill across a full year. We size the array off your actual past usage, not a guess.
Warrantied for decades.
The town takes its name from Torsby in Sweden, after the Norse god Thor — so we will own the theme: a system should be built like it is meant to stay put. Out here that means equipment that survives wind, hail and 30-below, and a crew that does the flashing right the first time. Here is exactly what holds the job together.
Three honest ways in.
There is no catch and no balloon payment. Pick the route that fits how you handle money, and we will lay out the real numbers for your house at the assessment.
The cheapest path. Paying up front earns roughly a 10% discount versus financed pricing, and the payback clock starts immediately.
Financing through Financeit at a modest markup. Many homeowners find the monthly payment lands near what they were already handing the utility.
Fold the cost into a refinance or HELOC for the lowest interest rate available. Keeps the project at cash pricing.
A quick note on local financing: some Alberta municipalities run a Clean Energy Improvement Program (CEIP) that ties solar costs to your property tax bill. We have not confirmed that Thorsby offers CEIP, so we will not promise it. If you want to check, the official CEIP program locations page lists which municipalities have signed on. Either way, see our financing options for the full breakdown.
FortisAlberta & net metering.
The poles, wires and meter on your Thorsby property belong to FortisAlberta — not EPCOR, not ATCO. Leduc County is Fortis distribution territory. That is who your micro-generation application goes to, and who swaps in the bi-directional meter that lets your system feed power back. We file that application and pull the permit for you.
Alberta's retail market is deregulated, so you choose your energy retailer separately from Fortis. If you never pick one, you default to the Rate of Last Resort, which replaced the old Regulated Rate Option on January 1, 2025. Net metering works the same no matter which retailer you land with.
Under Alberta's Micro-Generation Regulation, the surplus your panels export earns retail-rate credits. You bank credits through the long summer days and draw them down through winter. Read the mechanics in our guide to net metering in Alberta, and why solar works through Alberta winters.
Town roofs, county acreages.
Thorsby is home to about 967 people (2021 census), a compact town surrounded by Leduc County farmland with Pigeon Lake and the provincial park roughly 20 km to the south. We work both sides of that map.
The town core and the newer streets are mostly bungalows and two-storeys on open lots — little shading, simple roof planes, and short, clean runs from the array to the panel. Straightforward rooftop installs that go up fast and look tidy from the curb.
For farms, acreages and the lake-area properties closer to Pigeon Lake, a ground mount often beats the roof. You get to face the panels due south at the ideal tilt, scale the array to a heavier rural load, and keep everything reachable from the ground for the next 30 years.
Whether you are off Highway 39 in town or on a quarter section nearby, you get the same equipment, the same crew and the same pricing as a job in Edmonton. The drive is on us.
Battery & EV ready.
Home battery backup
Acreage power can flicker in a prairie storm. A whole-home battery stores your solar and keeps the lights on when the Fortis line goes down, switching over fast enough that you barely notice.
Size a battery →EV charging
A Level 2 charger in the garage tops up an electric vehicle overnight. Pair it with the array and a good chunk of your driving runs on sunshine you already paid for.
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