Island Renewable Energy in North Bay Buroak Resources Shares What Remote Property Owner Should Know
A lakeside cottage outside North Bay can feel like the perfect escape until the power drops on a January night and the nearest hydro crew is hours away. Bur Oak Resources, a renewable energy company based on Pinewood Park Drive in North Bay, works with owners of exactly these kinds of properties. The company helps homeowners, cottagers, farms, and businesses across Northern Ontario produce and store their own power with solar, wind, and battery systems, whether they're on the grid or far beyond it.
North Bay Island renewable energy systems run completely on their own, with no line running back to the utility. Here is what that means in practice. Solar panels feed a battery bank, a charge controller prevents overcharging, and an inverter turns stored power into electricity for the whole house. Many off-grid inverters also charge batteries from a generator and can start the generator automatically when the batteries run low. Size matters more than most people expect. According to the company, a 1 kW solar array delivers about 1.5 kWh a day on average in December and around 4.5 kWh in summer. That gap is why winter planning decides whether a system works or fails.
“People call us after the second or third time a generator quits on them in the middle of a storm. Your batteries are your gas tank, so size them right on day one, because you cannot just add new batteries to old ones later. Get that wrong, and you pay for it every winter. Get it right, and the power stays on while your neighbours are lighting candles,” said a spokesperson for Bur Oak Resources.
The company’s design approach is plain and practical. Systems are built around as few points of failure as possible, since fewer weak spots mean fewer breakdowns. Every project begins with a site analysis using Solmetric tools, so panel placement and battery size come from real readings. Once a system is in place, the team can commission it and return for yearly maintenance with testing gear from Solmetric, Fluke, and Megger. Owners can choose lithium-ion, AGM or flooded lead-acid batteries, and since the systems are modular, more panels can be added as power needs grow.
About Bur Oak Resources
Bur Oak Resources is a North Bay, Ontario company that supplies and installs solar, wind, off-grid and grid-tie power systems, along with battery banks, generators and site analysis services. The company also carries Westman Steel and EDCO steel roofing, including stone-coated and non-stone-coated shakes and shingles, for homes, garages, boathouses and barns. For North Bay roofing, Sudbury cottages and rural properties across the region, these low-maintenance steel roofs offer a long service life and a solid base for rooftop solar. To book a free consultation, visit https://bur-oak-resources.ca/.