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deployment of its kind in Southern Ontario, and it’s also one of the largest energy storage systems. There’s no specific code requirement in place in Ontario for battery energy storage projects, so we were one of the first to complete this kind of project in the province, and specifically the GTA. We worked closely with Toronto Hydro and the Electrical Safety Authority to get them comfortable with what we were doing and to help them develop what the requirements
will be for this type of project moving forward.” Once this project is completed, PCL is scheduled to work on four further battery storage projects with Toronto Hydro and Deltro Group, totaling about three times the size of the current buildings’ capacity. Many of the components for this project were manufactured at Agile, PCL’s offsite manufacturing facility. PCL is one of the very few solar design-builders to possess DFMA (design for manufacture and assembly)
capabilities, which has substantial efficiency benefits for the company and its clients. “Terry Olynyk and I were both involved in the start-up of our Renewable Energy Division years ago,” says Mr. Moles. “Today, Terry is leading PCL Agile, which offers DFMA solutions for all of our projects. The solutions that PCL Agile brings to the table are remarkable, and the possibilities for our clients are endless. We collaborate to manufacture components like pre-wired combiner WINDSOR.
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