Nanaimo · Metal roof
14 panels, no holes in the roof.
Clamped onto standing seams — nothing screwed through. $5,000 rebate applied. Owner expects a payback of about ten years.
14
panels
$5,000
rebate
~10 yr
payback
Rebate open · no announced end date
Vancouver Island · Solar & Battery
Increase your property value while getting paid.
Solar and battery storage for West Coast homes. Own your power instead of renting it.
Serving all of Vancouver Island
How it pays
Four things happen, in order.
Nobody hands you a cheque. The money comes from power you stop buying.
The math of standing still
Their price goes up. Yours stops.
Recent work
Two roofs, this year.
Photo pending
Cedar
Asphalt shingle · 19 panels · 2 days on site
Cedar · Asphalt shingle
19 panels, flashing tucked correctly.
Every mount's flashing tucked under the course of shingles above it — the way it stays watertight for 25 years. Two days on site.
19
panels
2 days
on site
Shingle
mount
Rebates
Three programs. Two are already gone.
Support for solar in BC has been shrinking, not growing. The $5,000 provincial rebate is still open, with no announced end date — but it isn't something to plan a five-year timeline around.
What buyers ask about a house
Three questions. One answer.
Property value
A finished feature, not a project.
An owned solar array permanently lowers a home's running cost. In Canada, the Appraisal Institute values the system by the savings it generates. US studies suggest roughly a 4% premium — there's no Canadian equivalent yet, so treat that as direction, not a promise.
Sustainability
Clean power, made where it's used.
No fuel to burn, no meter running against you. Once it's on the roof, it just works — quietly, for decades.
Built to last
30-year panels. 25-year inverters.
The equipment we install is warrantied longer than most roofs. Once it's up, it works quietly in the background — no moving parts, no maintenance beyond the occasional rinse.
Where we work
Vancouver Island, top to bottom.
Based in Nanaimo. We travel south to Victoria, north to Comox, and out to the Gulf Islands.
- Nanaimo
- Parksville
- Victoria
- Ladysmith
- Duncan
- Chemainus
- Cedar
- Qualicum Beach
- Port Alberni
- Courtenay
- Comox
- Cowichan Valley
- Salt Spring Island
- Protection Island
- Gabriola
- Sooke
- Sidney
- Langford
Frequently asked
The short version.
Optional add-on
Battery backup, if outages are a problem where you live.
Solar and batteries are two separate decisions. For most Vancouver Island homes, grid-tied solar on its own has the best payback, and we're happy to install it that way. A battery is worth considering only if your street loses power often enough that it's genuinely disruptive.
Rebate open · no announced end date
Book a free assessment.
We come to you, look at the roof, look at your last hydro bill, and write down a real number. No sales pitch. No obligation.
250 327 1900
info@modern-power.ca
Mon–Fri, 8am–5pm
All figures shown are estimates based on published BC Hydro rates, current provincial rebate amounts, and typical Vancouver Island installations. Your actual cost, generation, and payback will be confirmed in writing after the on-site assessment.