Don, my vitamin bottle distinctly has a large D on it. Dunno why I put "B."

As I have posted, yes, there are other ways of harvesting solar energy than panels.

Natural gas supplies are abundant and cheap here and will remain so for the forseeable future, hence there is little incentive to try solar heating in western Canada.

Wind generation, however, is gaining converts in rural areas across the prairies, and is entering the grid. The Pembina Institute champions wind power in Alberta- http://www.pembina.otg/re/wind-power-rural-Alberta