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Clean energy software

Chargers, panels and batteries on one screen, any maker.

Your chargers come from three makers. Your solar sites are watched in three vendor portals, and your subscribers are billed from a spreadsheet. That is a business run in tabs. We build the systems that join it: a charging platform on open protocols, monitoring across makers and billing that follows the meter.

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// what you are up against

The problems we hear most.

Chargers from several makers

Each charger maker has its own portal and its own reading of the protocol, so the network's uptime, sessions and faults are three exports pasted together.

Sites watched in vendor portals

Inverters, turbines and batteries each report to their maker's cloud, and nobody sees the whole fleet's performance against what it should be producing.

Subscribers billed by hand

Community solar credits and power purchase agreement invoices are worked out from meter exports in a spreadsheet, and each billing run is a week of checking.

Interconnection in the inbox

Applications, studies and utility correspondence for each project sit in email threads, and the date a project is waiting on is in someone's head.

// example projects

Systems we could build for you.

Each one is hypothetical, labelled as such, and priced live from our rate card. Open any of them in the estimator and make it yours.

Example projectWeb appMobile app

EV charging and a driver app

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A charge point operator runs chargers from several makers through their separate portals, cannot offer roaming, and drivers pay with a card reader that fails in the cold.

// What we would build

A charging station management system speaking OCPP 1.6 and 2.0.1 to every charger, OCPI roaming with other networks, and an iOS and Android driver app to find a charger, start a session and pay, with pricing and faults managed from one web console.

// What is in it

OCPP 1.6 and 2.0.1 for chargers from several makers, tested model by model
Live status, sessions, faults and remote resets in one console
Driver app to find, reserve, start and pay, in English and French
OCPI roaming so drivers from partner networks can charge, and yours can roam
Pricing by time, energy and idle time, with payments through a processor's hosted checkout

// Stack

Node.js OCPP server
OCPI 2.2.1
React Native
Next.js
PostgreSQL
AWS

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$179,000 to US$273,000, delivered within 39 weeksCAD 254,500 to 389,300
Hosting: ≈ US$492 a monthCAD 700 a month
Support: ≈ US$5,010 a monthCAD 7,135 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

Discovery: 3.5 to 4 weeks
Design approved: 12.5 to 22 weeks
Core features: 3 to 4 weeks
Full build: 1.5 to 3 weeks
First build on devices: 5 to 8 weeks
Testing and fixes: 1 week
Store submission: 1 to 2.5 weeks
Launch: 1 to 1.5 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

App store review: 1 week
Test chargers on the bench: 2 to 6 weeks
Roaming hub or partner onboarding: 1 to 4 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%: CAD 50,900 to 77,860
Discovery 9.2%: CAD 23,414.00 to 35,815.60
Design approved 9.2%: CAD 23,414.00 to 35,815.60
Core features 7.6%: CAD 19,342.00 to 29,586.80
Full build 5%: CAD 12,725 to 19,465
First build on devices 20.1%: CAD 51,154.50 to 78,249.30
Testing and fixes 2.5%: CAD 6,362.50 to 9,732.50
Store submission 6.7%: CAD 17,051.50 to 26,083.10
Launch 9.7%: CAD 24,686.50 to 37,762.10
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 25,450 to 38,930

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Example projectWeb appAIOpen-source model

Renewable fleet monitoring

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

An independent power producer watches its sites in each maker's portal, finds underperformance at month end, and its technicians search old work orders for how a fault was fixed.

// What we would build

One monitoring dashboard that reads every site through the makers' APIs, compares output with what the weather says it should be, and an assistant on an open-source model hosted in the producer's cloud that answers from manuals and past work orders, citing them.

// What is in it

Inverters, turbines and battery systems read through their makers' APIs
Expected output from irradiance and wind data, with gaps flagged daily
Alarms grouped by site and cause, not one email per fault
An assistant that answers from manuals and work orders and cites them
An open-source model served on GPUs in your own cloud account

// Stack

Next.js
PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB
Python
Llama or Mistral (open-source)
vLLM
DigitalOcean GPU

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$127,000 to US$194,000, delivered within 23 weeksCAD 180,900 to 276,400
Hosting: ≈ US$4,530 a monthCAD 6,450 a month
Support: ≈ US$2,500 a monthCAD 3,565 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

AI route: Open-source model
Model running cost: ≈ US$4,190 a monthCAD 5,960 a month

Timeline by milestone

Discovery: 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Specification and evaluation plan: 0.4 weeks
Design approved: 2.9 to 5.4 weeks
Core features: 1.4 to 1.9 weeks
Full build: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Working pilot: 3.9 to 6.4 weeks
Testing and fixes: 0.9 to 1.9 weeks
Launch: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Production: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

API keys from each maker or the SCADA owner: 1 to 4 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%: CAD 36,120 to 55,220
Discovery 2%: CAD 3,612 to 5,522
Specification and evaluation plan 10.3%: CAD 18,601.80 to 28,438.30
Design approved 2%: CAD 3,612 to 5,522
Core features 6%: CAD 10,836 to 16,566
Full build 4%: CAD 7,224 to 11,044
Working pilot 31.1%: CAD 56,166.60 to 85,867.10
Testing and fixes 2%: CAD 3,612 to 5,522
Launch 2%: CAD 3,612 to 5,522
Production 10.6%: CAD 19,143.60 to 29,266.60
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 18,060 to 27,610
GPU time for training and testing, at cost: CAD 300. Billed up front, at cost, outside the milestones

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Example projectWeb app

Community solar billing portal

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A community solar co-operative works out each subscriber's credits from meter exports in a spreadsheet, and members email to ask what they are owed.

// What we would build

A subscriber portal and a billing engine that allocates each month's production to subscribers by their share, issues statements, takes payments and posts invoices and payments to QuickBooks Online, built on the QuickBooks Online API.

// What is in it

Production read from the site's monitoring, month by month
Allocation to subscribers by share, with every adjustment logged
Member portal with statements, payments and production history
Invoices and payments synced both ways with QuickBooks Online
Waitlist and transfers when a member moves away

// Stack

Next.js
PostgreSQL
QuickBooks Online API
Payment processor's hosted checkout
DigitalOcean

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$96,600 to US$148,000, delivered within 26 weeksCAD 137,500 to 210,300
Hosting: ≈ US$176 a monthCAD 250 a month
Support: ≈ US$2,500 a monthCAD 3,565 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

Discovery: 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Data mapping and sandbox connection: 0.4 weeks
Design approved: 4.4 to 7.4 weeks
Core features: 1.9 to 3.4 weeks
Full build: 1.4 to 1.9 weeks
Sync built and reconciled in sandbox: 2.4 to 3.9 weeks
Testing and fixes: 0.4 to 0.9 weeks
Bills checked against a past month: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Launch: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Live cutover: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Hypercare: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

API keys from each maker or the SCADA owner: 1 to 4 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%: CAD 27,500 to 42,060
Discovery 3.4%: CAD 4,675.00 to 7,150.20
Data mapping and sandbox connection 5%: CAD 6,875 to 10,515
Design approved 3.4%: CAD 4,675.00 to 7,150.20
Core features 10.3%: CAD 14,162.50 to 21,660.90
Full build 6.8%: CAD 9,350.00 to 14,300.40
Sync built and reconciled in sandbox 15.1%: CAD 20,762.50 to 31,755.30
Testing and fixes 3.4%: CAD 4,675.00 to 7,150.20
Bills checked against a past month 8.7%: CAD 11,962.50 to 18,296.10
Launch 3.4%: CAD 4,675.00 to 7,150.20
Live cutover 5%: CAD 6,875 to 10,515
Hypercare 5.5%: CAD 7,562.50 to 11,566.50
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 13,750 to 21,030

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Example projectWeb app

Interconnection pipeline tracker

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A renewable developer tracks dozens of projects through utility interconnection queues in a spreadsheet and email, and misses a study deposit date.

// What we would build

A web app that holds each project's interconnection applications, studies, utility correspondence and deadlines, with reminders before every date and a pipeline view the whole team reads from.

// What is in it

Projects with sites, capacity, utility and queue position
Applications, studies and letters stored against each step
Deadlines and deposits with reminders to the right person
A pipeline view by stage, utility and region
Documents searchable across every project

// Stack

Next.js
PostgreSQL
S3-compatible storage
DigitalOcean

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$52,300 to US$80,000, delivered within 15 weeksCAD 74,500 to 113,900
Hosting: ≈ US$176 a monthCAD 250 a month
Support: ≈ US$1,000 a monthCAD 1,425 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

Discovery: 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Design approved: 2.9 to 4.4 weeks
Core features: 1.9 to 2.9 weeks
Full build: 1.4 to 1.9 weeks
Testing and fixes: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Launch: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 30%: CAD 22,350 to 34,170
Discovery 6.6%: CAD 4,917.00 to 7,517.40
Design approved 6.6%: CAD 4,917.00 to 7,517.40
Core features 20%: CAD 14,900 to 22,780
Full build 13.3%: CAD 9,908.50 to 15,148.70
Testing and fixes 6.6%: CAD 4,917.00 to 7,517.40
Launch 6.9%: CAD 5,140.50 to 7,859.10
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 7,450 to 11,390

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Example projectWeb appBlockchain

Hourly energy certificates

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A producer and its corporate buyers want to match consumption with clean production hour by hour, and each keeps its own spreadsheet of which megawatt-hours were claimed.

// What we would build

Hourly certificates for each site's metered production, issued on a private permissioned ledger that the producer, the buyers and an independent verifier each run a node of, so a megawatt-hour cannot be claimed twice. We make no claim about what a certificate is worth.

// What is in it

Metered production read hourly from each site
One certificate per hour of production, issued once and retired once
Buyers see what they hold and what they have retired
A node for the producer, each main buyer and the verifier
Exports for the buyer's sustainability reporting

// Stack

Next.js
Hyperledger Besu (private, permissioned)
PostgreSQL
Meter data API
AWS

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$112,000 to US$171,000, delivered within 23 weeksCAD 159,300 to 243,600
Hosting: ≈ US$492 a monthCAD 700 a month
Support: ≈ US$2,500 a monthCAD 3,565 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

Discovery: 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Architecture: 0.4 weeks
Design approved: 2.9 to 4.9 weeks
Core features: 1.4 to 2.4 weeks
Full build: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Devnet: 2.4 to 4.4 weeks
Testing and fixes: 0.4 weeks
Testnet: 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Launch: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Mainnet: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

API keys from each maker or the SCADA owner: 1 to 4 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%: CAD 31,860 to 48,720
Discovery 2.5%: CAD 3,982.50 to 6,090.00
Architecture 6.7%: CAD 10,673.10 to 16,321.20
Design approved 2.5%: CAD 3,982.50 to 6,090.00
Core features 7.5%: CAD 11,947.50 to 18,270.00
Full build 5%: CAD 7,965 to 12,180
Devnet 20.2%: CAD 32,178.60 to 49,207.20
Testing and fixes 2.5%: CAD 3,982.50 to 6,090.00
Testnet 13.4%: CAD 21,346.20 to 32,642.40
Launch 2.5%: CAD 3,982.50 to 6,090.00
Mainnet 7.2%: CAD 11,469.60 to 17,539.20
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 15,930 to 24,360

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Example projectWeb app

Monitoring platform on managed cloud

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A renewable operator's monitoring system runs on one server in an office, with backups nobody has tested and alerts that stop when the server does.

// What we would build

A move of the monitoring platform to managed cloud in Canada, set up as code, with tested backups, staged deploys and alerts that page your team, and a monthly care plan in which we run it and report on it.

// What is in it

Infrastructure written as code and reviewed
Backups restored in a test every month
Staging and production, with deploys you can roll back
Monitoring and alerts on the platform itself

// Stack

Terraform
Kubernetes
PostgreSQL
Grafana
AWS Canada

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$55,900 to US$85,500, delivered within 15 weeksCAD 79,600 to 121,800
Hosting: ≈ US$492 a monthCAD 700 a month
Support: ≈ US$5,010 a monthCAD 7,135 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

Discovery: 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Design approved: 2.4 to 3.4 weeks
Core features: 2.4 to 3.4 weeks
Full build: 1.4 to 2.4 weeks
Testing and fixes: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks
Launch: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

Test chargers on the bench: 2 to 6 weeks
Roaming hub or partner onboarding: 1 to 4 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%: CAD 15,920 to 24,360
Discovery 7.7%: CAD 6,129.20 to 9,378.60
Design approved 7.7%: CAD 6,129.20 to 9,378.60
Core features 23.3%: CAD 18,546.80 to 28,379.40
Full build 15.5%: CAD 12,338 to 18,879
Testing and fixes 7.7%: CAD 6,129.20 to 9,378.60
Launch 8.1%: CAD 6,447.60 to 9,865.80
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 7,960 to 12,180

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// by service

Go deeper on one kind of work.

Pages for the services we have the most to say about in this industry.

~/apps

EV charging apps

Charging station management on OCPP 1.6 and 2.0.1 with OCPI roaming and a driver app, plus community solar billing and interconnection tracking for renewable developers.

~/ai

AI for clean energy

Fleet monitoring that compares output with the weather, and an operations and maintenance assistant on an open-source model in your cloud that answers from your manuals and work orders.

~/chains

Hourly energy ledger

Hourly energy certificates from metered production, issued and retired on a private permissioned ledger shared by the producer, its buyers and a verifier, so no megawatt-hour is claimed twice.

// questions

What buyers in this industry ask us.

Do you work with networks and producers abroad?

Yes. We are in British Columbia and work with clients anywhere; prices are in Canadian dollars.

Do you supply chargers or inverters?

No. We build the software and integrate with the hardware you choose, through open protocols and the makers' published APIs, without any partnership with them.

How do payments work?

A deposit to start, then payments at agreed milestones, with 10% held until 30 days after launch. The deposit is a smaller share on larger projects.

Who owns the platform?

You do, once the work is paid for, including the charger integrations and the models.

// other industries

Nearby industries.

~/energy

Energy and utilities

Field inspection and work order apps for your crews, operations assistants on private models, renewable certificate ledgers and feeder load forecasting.

See the examples

~/carbon-esg

Carbon markets and ESG

Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions platforms, supplier data portals, agents that read your bills, MRV field apps and tokenised credit retirement.

See the examples

~/real-estate

Real estate and proptech

Resident apps for property managers, brokerage listing sites, building assistants and portable rental history credentials.

See the examples

All industries

// where we work

Find your market.

We work from Kelowna with clients across Canada, the United States and further afield. Each market page covers working hours, hosting, the privacy law that applies, and prices in your currency.

Every market

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Tell us what you have in mind. We will come back to you with a range and the questions that would narrow it. Or book a call and talk it through.

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