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Energy Consulting · Conventional to Clean

Clean energy feasibility and delivery, grounded in real engineering

We help First Nations, Métis communities, municipalities, and industry turn energy ideas into funded, investment-grade projects that get built, get owned, and keep wealth local. Solar, storage, microgrids, geothermal, and biofuels, backed by a decade of oil and gas engineering.

What we cover
Solar, storage, microgrids, geothermal, biofuels
Who we serve
First Nations, Métis, communities, industry
Grounded in
A decade of oil & gas engineering
The outcome
Commissioned, community-owned assets
About This Practice

Energy that communities own, run, and profit from

Most energy advice stops at the study. Ours is built to get a project financed and built. We bring the same economics-first discipline to a 20 kW solar array as to a hybrid microgrid, because the question is always the same: does this hold up once real money is on the line, and who owns it at the end?

A First Nations clean energy feasibility study from Solarcor is not a document for a shelf. It is the foundation of a funding application, a capital stack, and a procurement package. Behind that sits a decade of traditional oil and gas engineering, covering reservoir engineering, completions, and production economics, which means we evaluate every technology on its merits and its numbers.

What we do

  • Solar PV, battery storage, and hybrid microgrid development from feasibility to commissioning
  • Indigenous community microgrid design, modelling, and validation with provincial research partners
  • Geothermal energy assessment, including reservoir simulation for electricity generation
  • Biofuels economy feasibility, from feedstock assessment through clean energy economics
  • Off-grid and grid-tied system strategy, utility relationships, and regulatory navigation
  • Community-owned utility structuring, including electricity franchise waivers and net metering
  • Arctic-specification infrastructure designed and commissioned for minus 40 performance
  • Carbon capture and storage feasibility, plus oil and gas project evaluation and emissions reduction

What we have done. We advised a major Canadian electricity producer on net-zero strategy, contributing to a $5M Emissions Reduction Alberta award, and led a hybrid community microgrid from feasibility through detailed engineering design. We size every system to the economics and the rules rather than the brochure.

How We Help

From an honest answer to a commissioned asset

Prove the economics

A feasibility study and business case that hold up under federal program review, lender credit committees, and equity due diligence.

Secure the capital

A layered funding strategy, built program by program, that combines grants, debt, and equity into a stack that closes.

Build and hand over

Procurement, project management, and training that ends with the community owning and operating the system without depending on us.

Common Questions

Energy questions we hear most

Do you only work on renewable energy?

No. Our background spans conventional and clean energy. A decade of oil and gas engineering means we evaluate every option on its economics first, then recommend what actually pays, whether that is solar, storage, geothermal, biofuels, or a hybrid of them.

Can a First Nation own its own energy system or utility?

Yes. We have negotiated a precedent-setting electricity utility franchise waiver between a provincial crown corporation and a First Nations government, and we structure projects so the Nation owns and operates the asset and keeps the revenue.

What size of energy project do you take on?

From $10K community systems to $100M energy programs. We size the engagement to the project and tell you plainly when net metering is enough and when a microgrid or community-owned utility makes more sense.

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Have an energy project, or just a question about one?

Tell us what you want to build. We will give you an honest, economics-first read on whether it should proceed, and what it takes to get there.

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