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Canadian Solar makes first UK storage step
Canadian Solar has actually gone into the utility-scale energy storage market in the UK after signing contracts with Pulse Clean Energy to supply systems as well as engineering, purchase and building and construction services for four projects. The 4 projects of more than 100 megawatt-hours along with the contracts mark the beginning of a long-term partnership between the companies, the partners said. Canadian Solar will additionally keep and operate the projects via a 10-year lasting service agreement. Canadian Solar president Shawn Qu stated: "We are grateful to be chosen by Pulse Clean Energy to create its very first battery storage projects. " Over the past three years, we have developed a performance history of 2.5 GWh for energy storage in the United States. Now, consumers in various other markets are counting on us. " Such partnerships in carrying out energy storage space methods are instrumental to sustain the clean energy shift." Pulse Clean Energy principal running officer Trevor Wills stated: "These projects mark the begin of our battery conversion program in the UK. " We previously acquired 9 diesel generation sites, with a vision to decommission and also repurpose these places as grid-scale storage and also energy optimisation assets. " Battery storage has a vital role to play in energy system stability, as well as we are thrilled to be collaborating with the team at Canadian Solar, which has a solid track record in releasing grid-scale renewable as well as energy storage innovations."
May 10, 2022 // Storage, Canadian Solar, UK, Europe, Shawn Qu, Trevor Wills
Canadian Solar Renews EUR 100 Million Note Program
Canadian Solar Inc. has actually revealed that Canadian Solar EMEA Capital Markets, its wholly-owned subsidiary in Spain, has registered its EUR 100 million medium term note program in the MARF (a Spanish multilateral trading facility). Canadian Solar stated that any kind of payment under the notes provided under the note program will certainly be ensured by the business. The notes may qualify as "green bonds" pursuant to the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Green Bond Principles and the Green Financing Framework of Canadian Solar. The Green Financing Framework got a beneficial third-party viewpoint from Sustainalytics. Canadian Solar stated that the notes will just be provided as well as marketed to non-US individuals outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the United State Securities Act of 1933. The notes have actually not been, and will not be, signed up under the Securities Act or the safety and securities laws of any state or various other territory in the USA. The notes may not be used or marketed in the United States missing registration or a relevant exemption from enrollment requirements. The official declaration of Canadian Solar said, "In the European Union, the notes will just be guided to 'qualified investors' as specified in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, consisting of (i) eligible counterparties, as specified in Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 (MiFID II) and the Spanish Real Decreto Legislativo 4/2015, de 23 de octubre (the Spanish Securities Act); and also (ii) specialist clients, as specified in MiFID II as well as the Spanish Securities Act, or any arrangement which may replace or supplement them in the future." The note program supplies Canadian Solar a framework that can allow it to rapidly access the capital markets and also elevate capital in a series of issuances, raising its sustainable financial investment footprint as well as utilizing the earnings to fund the advancement as well as acquisition of brand-new solar PV as well as battery storage projects, both country wide as well as internationally. The notes will certainly have a minimum denomination of EUR 100,000 each, while their rates of interest as well as maturations will certainly be figured out at the time of each issuance.
Feb 28, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, Green bonds, Canadian Solar EMEA Capital Markets, EUR 100 million medium term note program, Green Bond Principles, Green Financing Framework, International Capital Market Association, MARF, Spanish multilateral trading facility,, U.S. Securities Act of 1933
Canadian Solar backs UK storage space tech clothing
Canadian Solar has implemented a calculated partnership and also investment with Habitat Energy, a UK start-up that optimizes battery storage assets. The partnership will certainly enable Canadian Solar to use improved technology solutions for programmers and owners of battery storage space properties to catch extra earnings from trading optimization, while boosting grid stability. The partnership will certainly utilize Canadian Solar's "international range and also reach" to supply system options as well as assets with optimization and also send off services for the storage space and solar services it gives around the world. It additionally improves the Habitat Energy system's global rollout and its well established existence in the UK and Australia. Canadian Solar is supplies complete energy storage battery systems as well as also uses its energy storage space customers long-term operation as well as maintenance services including battery capability enhancement, warranty-wrapped energy capability and also efficiency guarantees. Canadian Solar Chief Executive Officer Shawn Qu said: "The power grid of tomorrow is not only constructed by renewable resource and also battery storage space, but crucially driven by artificial intelligence, big data, machine learning, cloud computing as well as a lot more technologies. " Habitat Energy is the tried and tested leader in AI-enabled battery optimization and also send off solutions. " We strongly share Habitat Energy's idea that making merchant battery storage space investable at range is an essential step in the direction of delivering a low carbon future as well as the conservation of our habitat for generations to find."
May 13, 2021 // Storage, Canadian Solar, UK, Europe, Shawn Qu, Habitat Energy
Canadian Solar provides $13m to clear up class action
maker Canadian Solar has agreed a US$ 13 million negotiation to a class action legal action brought in Canada. The Cision news service has actually reported the
Aug 20, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Canada, Canadian Solar, North America, action
Solaria, Canadian Solar settle shingled PV patent disagreement
the terms of the arrangement, Canadian Solar has actually accepted stop importing shingled solar modules to the United States while Solaria will terminate its
Jun 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, manufacturing, Canadian Solar, solaria, patent dispute, shingled solar modules, us itc, united states international trade commission
Canadian Solar markets UK PV and battery storage projects
Canadian Solar has finished the sale of 2 fully-permitted solar and battery energy storage space projects in the UK to specialist alternative asset supervisor, Gresham House. The two projects make up a collocated solar and battery energy storage project in Durham, with 50MWp solar capacity and 38MW (or 76 MWh) of battery energy storage space, and a standalone solar project in Warwickshire of 28MWp. Both celebrations aim to continue to prioritise collocated renewable projects, where the solar PV and battery energy storage plants are built with each other and share the same grid connection infrastructure. These projects supply both economic benefits, especially in the form of shared capital and operating costs, in addition to significant benefits to the UK grid by improving system dependability, making it possible for better assimilation of renewables and therefore aiding the UK economy satisfy its net-zero carbon targets. The project in Durham is Canadian Solar's first collocated solar PV and battery energy storage project in the UK and it represents the second collocated solar and battery energy storage space project acquired by Gresham House. The projects are entirely subsidy-free, consistent with Canadian Solar's lengthy pipeline of UK opportunities under advancement, the firm claimed. Both projects are totally permitted and construction-ready. Canadian Solar will remain to be involved in the projects, being responsible for the lasting procedures and upkeep activities. Gresham House New Energy purchases clean energy projects using battery energy storage space, solar and wind technologies. The team has a tried and tested track record in acquiring and handling projects throughout their advancement, construction and operational phases, with a complete capacity of 0.7 GW presently operating in the UK. Canadian Solar is active in the UK renewables market with a 1.8 GWp PV solar and 4.3 GWh battery energy storage space pipeline under advancement. Canadian Solar also has considerable track record in this market, having actually developed and adjoined to the grid an overall capacity of 200MWp. This purchase is consistent with Canadian Solar's development method in the UK and more comprehensive Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) area which combines an increasing retention of calculated lasting possession with the execution of critical sales of chosen portfolios in partnership with leading tier capitalists. Canadian Solar's chairman and president Dr Shawn Qu said: "The execution of this purchase demonstrates again our competence in battery energy storage space advancement and confirms the recognised value of our fast-growing pipeline in the UK, among Canadian Solar's core markets in EMEA. " This sale represents our extremely initial collocated solar and battery energy storage space project effectively delivered in the UK. " Our choice to sell both projects prior to construction is largely aimed at getting prompt market acknowledgment and it does not preclude Canadian Solar from building, alone or in partnerships, the following projects developed in the UK or in EMEA. " We delight in to partner with Gresham House, whose indisputable position as the UK's top capitalist in battery energy storage certifies the strong admiration of our project advancement and O&M capacities, enhancing our setting and strategy in the UK." Gresham House investment supervisor for renewable resource Peter Bolton included: "We are delighted by the opportunity to broaden our profile of subsidy-free renewables and to protect more collocated solar and battery energy storage assets. " Gresham House is a long-established financier in both renewables and battery energy storage, and our company believe in the solid financial instance for collocating the modern technologies on the same site. " This shows a UK-wide requirement for even more renewables capacity and for battery energy storage space to support the grid system as more intermittent renewable generation is included. " It is fantastic to formalise our relationship with Canadian Solar. " Their strong online reputation throughout the solar and battery energy storage space supply chain, incorporated with development-stage track record, means we want to finish more deals with each other in the future."
Jul 25, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, PV Power Plant, Shawn Qu, Canadian Sol
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Sep 24, 2020
Canadian Solar to construct 45MW Colombian battery
Canadian Solar has actually won the legal rights to create a 45MW battery storage project in Colombia. The project was granted in a public tender introduced by Colombia's Ministry of Energy and Mines, through its affiliate UPME, the Mining and Energy Planning Unit. The facility, which lies in the city of Barranquilla in the north of nation, will certainly consist of a 45 megawatt-hour lithium-ion battery energy storage space system. It is anticipated to get to industrial operation by June 2023. The project has been approved with a 15-year income structure with the Colombian federal government and is indexed to the nation's inflation or producer consumer price index. Canadian Solar chairman and chief executive Shawn Qu claimed: "We are extremely proud to have actually won this project in the first pure storage space tender in Colombia. " This is also our initial energy storage project in the country and the Latin America region. " The project award is testimony to our global visibility not simply in solar however additionally in the energy storage company, and even more solidifies Canadian Solar's position as a market leader in clean energy. " We will certainly continue to carry out on our worldwide energy storage space growth approach and look forward to offering more flexible, reliable and clean energy to our consumers throughout the world."
Jul 13, 2021 // Storage, Canadian Solar, South america, Colombia, Shawn Qu
Canadian Solar inks 1.4 GW UK PV pipe offer
Canadian Solar has actually signed a project growth agreement with Windel Capital to co-develop 1400MW of solar projects in the UK. Under the arrangement, Windel will certainly supply 1.4 GW of early-stage solar projects under advancement via to ready-to-build status with Canadian providing financing, support, and the procurement of power purchase arrangements. The first projects are expected to get to ready-to-build phases in the second fifty percent of 2021. Windel is examining the viability for several of these to have actually battery storage co-located. The business stated it secured the 1.4 GW pipe of projects over the course of 18 months. Windel Capital managing director Gary Toomey claimed: "We are very delighted to be working once more with Canadian Solar after transacting with them on a 10MW feed-in-tariff/ neighborhood passion project in Wales. " Canadian Solar is an excellent suitable for us as we both share common goals and also purposes. " We are likewise looking forward to constructing long term sustainable partnerships with our landowner customers and to co-deliver tidy as well as budget-friendly solar energy."
Jan 21, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, UK, Europe, solar projects
Canadian Solar partners with Macquarie for Japanese PV push
consultant. JGIF is expected to approve initial offer legal rights to the Canadian Solar Framework Fund, a Japanese-listed facilities fund holding solar possessions
Feb 17, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Canadian Solar, Asia, Macquarie Group, Shawn Qu, Japan Green Infrastructure Fund, JGIF
Canadian Solar trumpets new cell conversion efficiency breakthrough
Canadian Solar has attained what it describes as a new milestone for PV cell conversion efficiency, taking five months to break its own record in the field.   The ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member said this week it has achieved 22.8% conversion efficiency for its p-type multi-crystalline silicon ‘P5’ cell, a gain on the 22.28% mark it claimed to have reached in April.   Where April’s 22.28% conversion efficiency milestone was accredited by Fraunhofer ISE, the new 22.8% breakthrough has been tested and certified by German centre Institute für Solarenergieforschung GmbH (ISFH).   According to Canadian Solar, the cells behind the 22.8% record were 246.66-square-centimetre silicon wafer products. The performance gains were helped along by the use of metal catalysed chemical etch (MCCE) black-silicon texturing, the PV firm explained.   “[The P5 milestone] proves that our multi-crystalline silicon technology can achieve efficiencies very close to mono while still enjoying the cost advantage of multi,“ Dr. Shawn Qu, Canadian Solar’s chair and CEO, said in a statement marking the solar cell breakthrough.   The multi-crystalline cells – featuring 157mm x 157mm wafers – incorporate selective emitters, multi-layer anti-reflection coating, “advanced” surface passivation and “optimised” grid design and metallisation, Canadian Solar explained.   Canadian Solar’s efficiency feats follow its move last month to upscale module assembly capacity by 1GW in response to strong demand, paving the way for nameplate capacity to hit 12.22GW by the end of this year.   For its part, ISFH has been the certifying party of choice for other firms producing solar milestones this year. The institution endorsed in April claims by Imec and Jolywood of 23.2% efficiency for bifacial n-PERT PV cells, accrediting Trina Solar’s 24.58% record for i-TOPCon bifacial cells in May.   However, the record results also highlight whether the ‘cast mono’ process developed by GCL-Poly and major wafer supplier to Canadian Solar - can still be categorised as multicrystalline - not least for transparency and limiting market confusion.    GCL-Poly has claimed that the cast mono process enables a comparable wafer to standard monocrystalline wafers.   Earlier this year, GCL System Integrated, highlighted that its standard multicrystalline wafer-based PERC cells from sister company GCL-Poly had average conversion efficiencies of up to 21%, in mass production. The average efficiency of GCL’s cast mono PERC cells had reached conversion efficiencies of 21.87%.   Conversion efficiencies above 22% for mono-cast PERC cells were claimed to have been achieved with a multi-busbar technique but would be in mass production in three years. 
Sep 18, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Canadian Solar, wafer, GCL-Poly, p5, multicrystalline, isfh, mono PERC cells, Dr. Shawn Qu
Canadian Solar to Supply 487 MWh BESS to Aypa Power
renewable resource player Canadian Solar Inc has announced that CSI Energy Storage, had by its subsidiary CSI Solar, will certainly give 487 MWh of SolBank energy
Feb 24, 2023 // Storage, Canadian Solar, BESS, Renewable Energy, Shawn Qu, CSI Solar, CSI Energy Storage, Aypa Power, Blackstone portfolio company, Moe Hajabed, North America battery storage
Canadian Solar sees turn over and profits surge
PV producer Canadian Solar on Thursday posted a first-quarter web earnings of $110.6 million, up from a $17.2 million loss in the exact same duration a year
May 28, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, China, Asia, Yan Zhuang, Shawn Qu
Toyota Tsusho secures solar power from Canadian Solar in Japan
Canadian Solar Inc has launched commercial operations at two photovoltaic parks in Japan under the country's feed-in premium regime. The company has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Toyota Tsusho Corp for the output of the 1.2-MWp solar farm in Tsukuba City and the 1.9-MWp plant in Daisen Town. Toyota Tsusho will offtake the electricity generation and receive Non-Fossil Certificates for its corporate customers.The projects, equipped with CS7N-660W bifacial modules, were initially awarded a feed-in tariff in 2020 but later moved to the FIP scheme due to increased demand for renewable energy. Canadian Solar has 240 MWp of solar and 1.7 GWh of energy storage in its development pipeline in Japan as of end-March, aiming to support Japanese corporations in meeting their clean energy needs. What is Canadian Solar Inc's strategy for supporting Japanese corporations' clean energy needs? Canadian Solar Inc's strategy for supporting Japanese corporations' clean energy needs involves launching commercial operations at photovoltaic parks in Japan under the country's feed-in premium regime. The company has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Toyota Tsusho Corp for the output of solar farms in Tsukuba City and Daisen Town. Toyota Tsusho will offtake the electricity generation and receive Non-Fossil Certificates for its corporate customers. The projects are equipped with CS7N-660W bifacial modules to maximize energy generation. Canadian Solar has 240 MWp of solar and 1.7 GWh of energy storage in its development pipeline in Japan as of end-March, aiming to further support Japanese corporations in meeting their clean energy needs.
Jun 19, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Canadian Solar, Asia, PV Power Plant
Aura offloads Canadian solar project
The Empress PV farm in east Alberta will start industrial procedure in 2022
Sep 14, 2021 // Plants, Canada, North America, alberta, Aura Power Renewables, Ben Moore