Samsung and Canadian Solar Open Solar Manufacturing Facility in London

Date：2014/3/10

March 6, 2014 - The London community celebrated the start of over 200 local renewable energy jobs at the grand opening of the Canadian Solar Inc. (Canadian Solar) manufacturing facility today. This is the fourth manufacturing facility to be created by Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. (Samsung) under the Green Energy Investment Agreement (GEIA) with the Government of Ontario.

The Canadian Solar plant, located at 1400 Global Drive, began operations in November, 2013. The plant produces solar PV modules and medium voltage power stations to supply Samsung's Ontario solar projects, including the 100 megawatt (MW) Grand Renewable Energy Park in Haldimand County, the 100MW Sol-Luce Kingston Solar PV project in Kingston and Loyalist Township, and future solar projects within the GEIA. The new facility is also a hub for solar energy research and product development.

Not only does this facility fulfill Samsung's GEIA commitment to create hundreds of manufacturing jobs at four plants, it also enables Samsung to create thousands of engineering, procurement and construction jobs at its solar projects in communities around Ontario. In total, Samsung's GEIA projects will create 9,000 renewable energy jobs across the province.

Samsung and its partners are investing $5-billion in Ontario to create the largest cluster of solar and wind power anywhere on the planet. Under the GEIA, Samsung will develop 300MW of solar power in Ontario, part of a total of 1,369MW of clean, renewable energy that will contribute to Ontario's initiative to phase-out coal-fired generation by the end of 2014.

The Canadian Solar plant joins Samsung's Ontario manufacturing partners Siemens in Tillsonburg, CS Wind in Windsor, and SMA in Toronto. Together, the four manufacturing facilities now employ over 1000 Ontario manufacturing workers. Samsung will support all of its manufacturing partners' efforts to develop export markets beyond the GEIA project.

"Samsung is delivering on our commitments to the people of London and throughout Ontario. As a globally responsible company, we are proud to develop clean energy that is protecting the air that we breathe. We are equally proud to contribute to the local economies in our project and manufacturing communities."