TRU Off Grid Commercial

Commercial solar, storage and site power

TRU Off Grid designs, builds and services solar, battery and backup generator systems for job sites and businesses across Ontario.

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Power for job sites and businesses

Most job sites still run a generator around the clock to power a small office. We flip that around: the battery runs the site, solar charges it, and the generator only starts to recharge it.

Every system is built by our own crew, with a licensed master electrician on staff, ESA-permitted electrical work, and container builds done at our Milton shop.

Option 1

Site Office C-Can

A complete off-grid office in a sea container: power system, workspace, heating and cooling in one unit, delivered ready to use.

20 to 40 ft insulated sea container with finished walls
Mini-split heat pump for heating and cooling
Sub-panel and 120 V receptacles for laptops, printer, fridge and chargers
Built-in battery room, solar on the container, exterior generator inlet
Layout and system size set for each site

Inside the Site Office C-Can

Walk through a site office

Site Office C-Can Front Elevation, installed by TRU Off Grid

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An office in a sea container

Site Office C-Can
An office in a sea container
An insulated 20 to 40 ft container with finished walls, delivered to the site ready to use.
Solar
Solar on the container
Panels on the container charge the battery and carry the office in daylight.
Comfort
Heating and cooling
A mini-split heat pump heats and cools the office, with 120 V receptacles for laptops, the printer, a fridge and chargers.
Power system
Built and tested in Milton
Batteries, inverters and controls are built and tested at our Milton shop before the container leaves.
Backup
The generator only recharges
An exterior inlet and automatic start bring the generator in when the battery runs low, then shut it off again.

Option 2

Power C-Can

A mobile electrical room that powers the office trailers you already have, and moves with the project.

Spray-foam insulated container, climate controlled for the equipment
Batteries, inverters and controls built and tested at our Milton shop
One protected feeder out to each office trailer
Generator inlet and automatic generator start
Sized for 1 to 4 trailers, relocates between sites

Scale House Rooftop Solar Retrofit, installed by TRU Off Grid

Real result

Roughly 90% lower fuel cost

March to April: $300 to $390 of propane vs an estimated $3,170 to $4,700 of diesel

Option 3

Trailer and scale house retrofits

We install the system into your existing trailer or scale house: solar on the roof, the battery and inverter inside.

Real result: an off-grid scale house on an aggregate site replaced a 12 kW diesel generator running 24/7
Rooftop solar, a 14.3 kWh battery, a 6 kW inverter and a 10.5 kW propane backup generator
March to April fuel: $300 to $390 of propane vs an estimated $3,170 to $4,700 of diesel

Ground Mount Solar Array, installed by TRU Off Grid

For businesses

Commercial solar + storage

Roof and ground-mount solar with battery storage for shops, farms, warehouses and commercial buildings, from small systems up to 180 kW.

Grid-tie net metering or load displacement
Battery backup for critical loads, from refrigeration to servers
Remote and pole-mount solar for off-grid equipment
Three-phase work and switchgear through TRU Electrical Services

Interactive walkthrough

See how a TRU site power system works

Scroll through how we build and run a solar and battery site office: the problem with 24/7 generators, how the battery runs the site, how the container is built in our shop, the Power C-Can, sizing, a real scale house result, rent or own, and service.

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How it runs

The battery runs the site. The generator only recharges it.

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Solar charges
Panels charge the battery and carry the load in daylight.
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Battery mode
Generator off. The site runs quietly on battery, overnight too.
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Low battery
At about 10%, the generator starts on its own.
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Recharge
The generator carries the load and refills the battery.
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Charged
At about 95% the generator shuts off and the cycle repeats.

Rent or own

Two ways to run it

Rent

Monthly program, from a 6-month construction term to an annual program
Delivery, hookup, commissioning and operator training
Monitoring, maintenance and support included
We pick it up when the project ends

Own

Buy the system as a company asset
Move it from site to site as projects change
Add batteries or inverters later without a redesign
Built, commissioned and supported by the same TRU team

We have also built battery and solar power for asset tracking and disaster recovery, airline ground transport, forklifts, field engineering and testing, postal and courier fleets, conveyors, commercial scales, mining, and self-heating batteries for extreme cold.

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