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Our Team

Brian Barr and Graham Findlay founded the 3G group in 2001 with the shared belief that the coming shift to a low carbon economy would produce exciting business opportunities.  The first product of that vision was Vector Wind Energy Inc. which was successfully floated on the Toronto Venture stock exchange in 2005 before being sold in 2007 and producing a 400% gain for our original shareholders. 

Brian Barr

Brian focuses on business issues for the group.  He guided Vector through its initial public listing and was responsible for its overall strategy.  Brian has held several director and executive officer positions with public companies in Canada and the United States over the last 15 years.  He is an attorney with over 25 years experience in international, corporate and energy law.  Brian also has a degree in business administration from Carleton University.

Graham Findlay

Graham concentrates on the technical and engineering challenges involved in renewable energy development and deployment.  He brings over 25 years of engineering and project management skills to the team.  A former director of the Building Owners and Managers Association, (“BOMA”) of Ottawa, Graham is uniquely qualified to lead our commercial rooftop solar projects.  Currently he is a board member of the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association and the Ontario Community Power Fund where he provides policy input for the Green Energy Act.  Mr. Findlay has a B Sc (Civil Engineering) degree from Queen’s University in Kingston and a MBA from University of Toronto and is registered as a P. Eng. in Ontario.

Our team is augmented through an extensive network of renewable energy professionals whose services are retained on a contract basis as required.

Strategic Partners

We are an authorized distributor for Canadian Solar Inc.

CSI (www.csisolar.com. “CSI”) is a vertically-integrated manufacturer of silicon, ingots, wafers, cells, solar modules (panels) and custom-designed solar power applications. CSI was founded in Canada in 2001 and was listed on NASDAQ Exchange (symbol: CSIQ) in November 2006.  CSI has close to 156,000 square meters of manufacturing space in China with a module capacity of over 600MW, and it recently announced plans for the creation of manufacturing facilities in Ontario.  Its total revenue for 2009 was US$664 million. 

CSI is the first PV manufacturer to apply ISO TS16949 quality management systems in module production.  Its in-house testing lab is compliant with IEC, TUV and UL testing standards and ISO17025 certification is pending.  CSI backs all its panels with a 25 year performance warranty.  They feature an industry leading power tolerance of +/-2.5% and enhanced frames able to withstand higher wind and snow loads common in Canadian winters.

Canadian Solar products are already certified as a Domestic Content Compliant under the Green Energy Act and it will maintain that distinction when it opens its new Ontario factory in 2011.

   

We also distribute the Can-Track™ MicroFit solar solution developed by Upper Canada Solar Generation Ltd. www.ucsg.ca (“UCSG”) of Brockville Ontario.  UCSG operates a 40 acre testing facility in Brockville, Ontario where it researches various types of alternative energy resources, focusing mainly on solar racking systems.  Working closely with the Arizona Public Service facility in Tempel, Arizona, UCSG  establishes protocols, testing procedures and installation techniques to optimize tracking solutions with panel and inverter technologies. 

TD Canada Trust - We are an authorized dealer for TD Canada Trust, which means that we can arrange unsecured term loan financing for Can-Track™  solar systems.