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GLOBAL RENEWABLES ONLINE - JANUARY 2012
“At the time, most solar inverters
you would find in Canada (or
anywhere for that matter) would
‘wake up’ closer to mid-day.
Likewise, most wind conversion
equipment ignored low and high
velocity wind. Those limitations
meant a lot of wasted energy that
could be gathered—the pair knew
they could change it.”
Hybridyne’s beta site, set up to
deliver energy to a building and
protect it from blackouts is still in
operation. According to Hybridyne,
the site showcases the first effective
hybrid (wind and solar) Behind The
Meter system in the world.
HYBRIDYNE POWER SYSTEMS CANADA
INC. FORMATION
Cleland partnered with an electri-
cal construction firm of his long
acquaintance in 2004, forming
Hybridyne Power Systems Canada
Inc. Building the company contin-
ued quickly from there. In recent
years, because Hybridyne saw the
dangers of unskilled and sometimes
unscrupulous operators installing
Solar arrays in Ontario, Cleland
wanted to educate colleagues and
the public about the technological
challenges of renewable power
generation, and published a series
of white papers, the first of which
was called “The Renewable Energy
System Equation”, which formalized
the harmonized calculation of yield
from renewable-energy powered
installations.
For the first few years, Hybridyne
focused on Behind-the-Meter (BTM)
systems, due to the fact that there
was no way to profit from selling
power to the grid in Ontario.
However, once the OPA’s (Ontario
Power Authority) Renewable Energy
Standing Offer Program (RESOP)
came into play in 2008, the
landscape for domestic power
changed. Through RESOP there was
a way to sell electricity to the grid.
At this point, the original Hybridyne
team came to the conclusion that
there were several different
businesses to tackle: building BTM
systems, electronics, and selling
power to the grid. Because these
were such different areas, the
company split the company respon-
sibilities into separate units, each
with its own shareholders, investors,
and mandate. The original entity
has been separated into a group of
sister companies. Hybridyne Power
Systems Canada Inc. (HPS), the
original company, is still in the
business of BTMs, and is the design,
engineering and construction arm
of what is now the Hybridyne Group
of Companies.
One of Hybridyne’s projects,
spawned the use of a lighting
product, which was transferred to
Hybridyne-RHS Inc. (RHS), which
Por taDyne of f- the - grid remote systems
TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - HYBRIDYNE