Photo Gallery

Here are some pictures of renewable energy systems with which Flanagan and Sun was involved.


A beautiful off-grid cottage north of Haliburton. System features a 120/240VAC inverter and AGM maintenance free battery bank.

Intern Flora Hofmann from Germany puts the finishing touches on a two collector residential solar thermal water heating system. This system was installed just south of Peterborough.

A custom manifold system with expansion tank, air purger and circulator pump for a radiant floor heating system that combines wood, oil, and eventually solar heat sources.

A Solar Ready conduit installation for new construction. This installation includes conduit for both solar thermal and photovoltaic systems that will be installed after the cottage has been completed.

Straw bale greenhouse under construction provides excellent southern exposure for 2 kW PV array and 8 flat plate thermal collectors.

Bringing it all together … this straw bale house is off-grid and uses passive solar design as well as solar thermal and photovoltaic energy sources. A wind turbine will be installed in 2006.

Solar shed showing the possibility for mixing and matching collectors as needed. This shed also houses the inverter, controller, and batteries.

This beautiful, owner-built log house sports a two-collector solar thermal water heating system.

An up close look at a typical residential solar thermal flat plate collector system for heating domestic hot water.


Remote sign lighting application using LED lighting.


Two 50 photovoltaic modules for remote water pumping application.


Notice the shading on the modules for this remote water pumping application. The owner will clear the dead tree to improve pumping capacity.

Mounting the horizontal supports for a 2kW off-grid solar array for a full-time residence.


Look at that blue sky … a perfect day to mount a 2kW solar array.

Mounting the module support rails.

The first string is installed. The other rails will be aligned as the next string of modules is mounted.

The final 2kW array is mounted.

A custom battery bank enclosure. Notice the lock on the doors for safety. To the right of the battery enclosure are the inverter, charge controller, DC disconnect and main AC breaker panel.

A 48V battery bank wired in series. The cells in this battery bank are designed to withstand a high depth of discharge.