Canadian Solar updated its business outlook for the third quarter of 2015 to reflect higher than expected solar demand in the quarter and the sale of 51 percent of the 200 MW Tranquillity solar power project in California by the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy, to Southern Power, aRead More

Canadian Solar Inc. signed an agreement with Mashiki Town and Kumamoto Prefecture to build a 47-MWp solar power plant. Once completed, the Mashiki solar power plant will be the largest solar plant in Kumamoto Prefecture. The Mashiki plant is expected to start commercial operation in the first quarter of 2017.Read More

Charlton Solar Charlton, Mass. Completed: Dec. 31, 2014 Size: 4.4-MW DC Constrained by population densities and interconnection capacity, most optimal solar sites in the Northeast have already been developed, leaving more challenging landscapes necessitating site-specific designs. The 4.4-MW Charlton Solar plant in Massachusetts, one of two “managed growth” projects builtRead More

Bishop O’Dowd High School Oakland, Calif. Completed: Aug. 1, 2015 Size: 50.960 kW Bishop O’Dowd High School has a two-story classroom building facing southeast. The classrooms get very hot during the day when classes are in session. They want to reduce the heat to improve the learning experience of theRead More

Canadian Solar announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy, one of North America’s largest solar project developers, signed an agreement with Southern Power for Southern Power to acquire a controlling interest in the 200-MW Tranquillity Solar Power Project in California. The project, developed by Recurrent Energy, is currently under construction. UnderRead More

Canadian Solar Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., reached substantial completion on its 100 MW AC (133 MW DC) utility-scale Grand Renewable Solar Project (GRS). This project, located in the county of Haldimand, consists of approximately 445,000 CS6X MaxPower high-performance Ontario-made modules, and carries theRead More

Canadian Solar Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., completed the sale of LunarLight, a 10 MMW AC solar power plant to a subsidiary of BluEarth Renewables Inc. LunarLight, located in Belleville, Ontario, is the last in a series of power plants acquired by BluEarth fromRead More

Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies, is offering a new upgraded warranty on its polycrystalline PV modules by guaranteeing a lower first year power output degradation, less than 2.5%. This is in contrast to the industry standard of 3% degradation during the first year. All Canadian SolarRead More

Canadian Solar Inc., has entered into a definitive agreement with Sharp Corporation to acquire solar energy developer Recurrent Energy LLC, for approximately $265 million. Once completed, the acquisition of Recurrent will increase Canadian Solar’s total solar project pipeline by approximately 4.0 GW to 8.5 GW, and its late-stage project pipelineRead More