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The sun is keeping ice cream cold for all of western Canada.
An array of 1,860 solar panels was just installed at The Ice Cream Depot, a 30,000-square-foot deep freezer in Nisku, Alta., south of Edmonton.

The privately funded setup generates 500kW, or half a megawatt, of electricity and will help the storage warehouse and distributer reduce its carbon footprint by 512 tonnes each year.

According to president Mike Rogiani, it'll save the company tens of thousands throughout the year.

"We wanted to lower our carbon footprint because we're a power pig," he told CTV News Edmonton.
"On a hot sunny day, the air conditioning load for the freezer and cooler unit is going to be the highest. That's also the time of the day and of the year the solar array is going to produce the most power," explained Curtis Craig, founder and president of installer Inferno Solar.

Inferno's leasing model has become increasingly popular. The Ice Cream Depot's array is one of five put up by Craig's company in the area over a year..