Canadian Solar directing more than 70% income growth for 2021

Mar 18, 2021 06:45 PM ET
  • 'Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) participant Canadian Solar is directing a considerable increase in PV module and also energy storage shipments, leading to full year 2021 income of in between US$ 5.6 billion to US$ 6.0 billion, over 70% greater than earnings reported for 2020.
Canadian Solar directing more than 70% income growth for 2021
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The SMSL participant reported complete year 2020 profits specifically in-line with support of US$ 3.5 billion, a 9% rise over the previous year, in spite of organization interruption brought on by COVID-19.

The substantial rise in earnings anticipated in 2021 originates from continued solid demand for PV modules. Canadian Solar guided deliveries to be in the variety of 18GW to 20GW and also project sales support of 1.8 GW to 2.3 GW, compared to 2020 overall module deliveries of 11.3 GW as well as 1.4 GW of projects sold worldwide in 2020.

The company stated that its solar project pipeline stood at over 20GWp.

Making a major distinction for driving profits in 2021 is the firm's anticipated sales development in Energy Storage Systems (ESS). The supplier kept in mind that it had actually tripled its storage pipe from less than 3GWh in the initial quarter of 2020, to almost 9GWh at this point in 2021. Canadian Solar likewise indicated almost 1GWh of ESS as already unfinished.


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