1. Solar Photovoltaic Project at Medicine Hat Public Library

September 2007
The solar electric system has now been up and running for over a year.  In the last 12 months the system has generated 1, 300 kWhs.  Check out the performance of other Alberta Municipalities Solar Photovoltaic installations.

June 2006
The City of Medicine Hat installed a one kilowatt solar electric system on the roof of the Medicine Hat Library as part of the Alberta Solar Municipal Showcase.  The Library is now using all available solar electricity before it draws electricity from its local electric energy supplier – the City of Medicine Hat Electric Utility.  

Check out the Solar Photovoltaic Demonstration in real time.

2. Smart Solar - Concentrating Solar Electric Project at Family Leisure Centre

The City of Medicine Hat's newest solar electric project (commissioned in December 2009) that uses the latest solar electric technologies:

• this five kilowatt project produces 50% more energy than a basic solar electric system
• will generate 11,000 kilowatt hours a year–enough power to make the waves in the Leisure Centre pool
• will save five tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year

3. Solar Steam Project at the City's Power Plant

This $9 million solar thermal power project proposes to integrate solar thermal energy with one of the four combined cycle power blocks at the Medicine Hat plant. The proposed concept uses thermal energy from a parabolic trough collector field to generate steam; the solar steam is combined with the steam produced in the Unit 14 heat recovery steam generator, and the combined steam flow is directed to one, or both, of the existing 33 MW steam turbine generators.

June 2010
The Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC) provided $3 million in provincial funding toward the Solar Steam Project at the City's Power Plant.

October 2009
Medicine Hat City Council has approved $3 million in funding for this one megawatt project subject to obtaining matching provincial and federal grants.