Cannabis company unveils largest solar panel array in the Canadian pot industry

Alberta-based Freedom Cannabis has a 1.8-megawatt rooftop set-up made of 4,574 panels at its facility west of Edmonton.

“So this requires a tremendous amount of energy for things like the air handling units, the lighting systems, nutrient delivery systems and a lot more. These are the things that we’re trying to offset with alternative energy sources.”cut costs by $200,000 to $300,000 annually. The entire system cost Freedom Cannabis $2.6 million to build, but nearly a million of that came from a provincial rebate program known as Energy Efficiency Alberta, that has since been cancelled by the UCP government.

Snows going to work wonders on that

I wonder if this will bankrupt them

Hey CTV Why aren't you reporting on FireJessAllen? It is the highest trending . Biased much? The left needs to swallow its medicine.

sinsemillamary impressive if it can handle 24/7 operating

What a refreshing read. More businesses need to start following suit. Besides - it's great PR for them!

Good work at least today the picture shows a roof and not a field, of course, based on CTV history, it still may not be the right roof.

Lot of grow ops use solar.

Green is going Green ;-)

Skip the middle man and smoke outdoor grow. Full light spectrum makes a world of difference. Indoor grown pot will always be second to outdoor grown.

With demand dropping and sales plummeting for legal marijuana was this really a good investment?

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