Introducing Penguin Power

 
 
 
Hello, my name is Jeff Curran.  I am a farmer (near Wingham, Ontario), an entrepreneur (aren’t all of us farmers entrepreneurs), and a seasoned project manager of large technology installations (14 years at the now defunct Nortel). 
Since leaving Nortel I have been actively looking for an opportunity to invest in technology that will make the world a better place for [...]

Media Discovering Penguin Power

 
1. Live Clip from New Liskeard Radio:  earlton farm show – GAIL NEOSCIA INTERVIEW CLIP 
2. Manitoulin Island Newspaper: Expositor 2 March 3 2010
3. Listowel Banner/Independant and Wingham Advance Times: listowel banner article april 2010
4. Community Power Forum at MARS Centre:  http://www.energymanagementcanada.com/Renewable-Power/Features/lets-go-small.html
5. Check us out on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZhYl7ekGjw
Our story and our commitment to farmers and communities is [...]

PP Installation Photo Gallery

 

 
Penguin Power is one of the very few companies in Ontario that is ACTUALLY INSTALLING.
That’s right – we’re not selling and promising supply and installation of systems to farmers in Ontario – we’re actually installing and delivering profits to farmers.  If you’re dealing with any other company make sure you ask them: 1. How many [...]

Invite to see an Installation

Most of the farmers I know really want to see and touch a system installed in the field, so, here’s your invitation.
For the spring of 2010 you are welcome to visit the system installed at 45095 Harriston Road (on former Hwy 87 between Wingham and Harriston, Ontario).  The site is directly accross the road from the [...]

Our NEW Lease Financing Option

 
The Penguins in our Rookery (the name of a flock of penguins) have been very busy.  We’ve been working to introduce a Lease financing option for our 10kw solar PV systems, so customers who prefer leasing equipment to bank loan financing now have choice!
Together with Peter Duffus, the founder and managing partner of Future Acceptance Corporation, we are pleased to announce our new [...]

FAQs: FIT vs. MicroFIT

FAQ:  FIT program vs MicroFIT program – I have a reasonably good south-facing barn roof, which one do I chose?
PP Answer:  This is a great question that we received from a farmer this week who has 4 farms.  One of the farms has a significant sized south facing barn that could hold up to 200 [...]

FAQs: Fixed vs Single vs Dual Axis Tracking

A common question:  Fixed is so much less expensive per kwh produced – why go dual axis tracking – what about single axis tracking?
Answer:  We spent a lot of time and research on this question 6 months ago, at the time the Green Energy Act was in draft, to determine which systems we will sell to [...]

Product Specifications

A lot of Penguin Power early-bird customers (order now for your early bird discount) put in their MicroFit applications even before we were able to finalize our detailed product line, because they knew we would not settle for the inferior products that have been installed in Ontario to date.  So, we are extremely pleased to [...]