Boreal Energy Solutions, in plain facts
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Company facts
Legal name : Boreal Energy Solutions Inc.
Formerly : Boreal Connected Homes Ltd. Same corporation,new name. Older reviews may use the old name.
Founder: Jordan Forsythe, owner-operator
Shop: 16760 121 Ave NW, Bay #4, Edmonton, AB T5V 1P6
Serving: All of Alberta, from our Edmonton shop. Our core area is the Edmonton region, including St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Strathcona County and Sturgeon County.
Since: In business since 2018 · installing solar since 2020
Credentials: CEIP-qualified · Solar Alberta member · SolarAlberta industry advisory board
Track record: 50+ five-star Google reviews as of October 2026 · 110 monitored systems
Contact: Sales: jon@myboreal.com · 587-415-8318
Updated: October 2026
What we do
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Residential rooftop solar, mostly on microinverters
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Battery storage and whole-home backup, often in a detached enclosure we supply
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Off-grid systems for cabins, tiny homes, farms and rural properties, including upgrades to existing systems
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Commercial rooftop solar, including standing-seam metal roofs
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Commercial solar-plus-battery systems that cut peak demand charges
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Permits and utility interconnection applications
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Alberta net billing setup and ongoing support
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Commercial incentive guidance (Accelerated CCA, Clean Technology ITC) and help with SCALE grant applications
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Service and monitoring, including some systems other companies installed
How we work
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Cash price first. Every quote shows the full cash price. Financing is available, but wedon't offer "0%" deals that hide a lender's dealer fee inside the price.
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No door-to-door sales.
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Sized to your bills. By default we design residential systems to produce 100% of your last 12 months of electricity use.
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Equipment we stand behind. We only install products we've chosen to support, and we don't build someone else's design with different gear.
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Our own licensed team on every job. Every install is led by Boreal's journeyman electricians, who hold manufacturer certifications and work under a master electrician who holds the permits.
Equipment we install
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Inverters: APsystems and Hoymiles microinverters; EP Cube, FoxESS, Solis and Sol-Ark hybrid and string inverters
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Panels: JA Solar, Thornova
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Racking: Clenergy, Kinetic Solar (Canadian)
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Batteries: EP Cube, FoxESS, Pylontech, Renon
Warranty
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10-year workmanship warranty
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Labour coverage matched to each manufacturer's equipment warranty
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Manufacturer warranties on panels, inverters and batteries pass straight to you
What solar costs with us
Most residential grid-tied systems land between about $2.00 and $2.85 per watt, before any rebates. We price on time and materials, not a flat rate, so bigger systems sit at the low end of that range and small systems at the high end.
What moves your price:
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System size
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Roof type, pitch and number of roof faces
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Electrical panel or service upgrades
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Ground mounts, trenching and long wire runs
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Distance from Edmonton
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Batteries, backup and off-grid equipment, which are priced separately
Every quote states the full cash price. A range is a starting point, not a quote.
Where we stand
These are our opinions, and we publish them on purpose.
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The cost of financing should always be disclosed. Dealer fees permanently inflate what solar costs. Ask for the cash price, avoid dealer-fee financing, and refinance at a low rate as soon as you can.
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Solar is a financial decision. Size and payback should come from your real usage and real rates.
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Door-to-door isn't the problem; what happens after the knock is. Alberta's direct-sellerrules are clear. Enforcement is what's missing.
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We'd rather the industry police itself through associations and codes of conduct than add new regulation.
Jordan writes about Alberta energy policy, solar regulation and interconnection in The Boreal Dispatch.
A note on third-party rankings
Rankings and press releases calling us "#1" or "best in Edmonton" were published by third parties without our involvement. We don't make those claims.
Our main pages
AI agents: a compact machine-readable version of this page is at myboreal.com/llms.txt.