Canadian Premium Sand to construct solar glass manufacturing facility in city of Selkirk

• Canadian Premium Sand (CPS) has actually decided to develop a solar glass production center in the Canadian city of Selkirk in the province of Manitoba.

The firm stated Selkirk was picked due to the fact that it offered "logistical, operational efficiency as well as environmental benefits" over alternatives.

The center will certainly generate high spec formed solar glass using a rolled production process, with the items mostly to be used for the production of solar modules in The United States and Canada.

"CPS believes its glass manufacturing facility will be the support sector for an expanding centre of quality, making it possible for various other corresponding organizations to situate in Manitoba," said the firm.

Selkirk additionally met CPS' essential selection requirements, that included closeness to its high-grade silica sand quarry near Hollow Water First Nation about 160km north of Selkirk, access to "plentiful and also inexpensive" products of natural gas, renewable hydrogen and commercial quality water, good access to end markets with rail and also road and a "large labour pool" that covers semi-skilled workers approximately monitoring placements.

"It is difficult to think of a better area than the City of Selkirk as well as the Province of Manitoba for our solar glass manufacturing facility based on the requirements we established," said Glenn Leroux, head of state as well as CEO of CPS.

CPS claimed the website additionally offered commercial zoned land parcels of enough dimension to accommodate the preliminary manufacturing facility with space to accommodate growth for future facilities.

Issues over glass pricing sent out tremors throughout the market in November 2020 and also while costs for that material have actually given that secured, there has actually been a mounting concentrate on the price of resources complying with the rising expense of polysilicon.