Canadian Solar Inc. is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: CSIQ) that manufactures solar PV modules and provides turn-key solar energy solutions.

History

Founded in 2001 in Canada by Dr. Shawn Qu, Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) has business subsidiaries in over 24 countries on 6 continents. Besides serving as a manufacturer of solar PV modules and provider of solar energy solutions, Canadian Solar has a geographically diversified pipeline of utility-scale power projects. With the company’s recent acquisition of Recurrent Energy, Canadian Solar’s total project pipeline is now 20.4 GW, including an increase in the late-stage project pipeline to 2.4 GW. Including two manufacturing facilities in Ontario, Canadian Solar employs nearly 9,000 workers worldwide. This translates to more than 16 GW of panel shipments, or approximately 70 million PV modules, in the past 15 years.

Canadian Solar production facilities in Canada, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Brazil are structured for the manufacturing of ingots, wafers, solar cells, solar PV modules, solar power systems and specialized solar products. The bulk of Canadian Solar’s manufacturing facilities are located in Canada and China. The Ontario plant has a production capacity of over 500 MW per year.

Europe

1 MW – Munich, Germany (July 2010)
70 MW – Solarpark Meuro, Meuro, Germany (August 2011)
78 MW – Senftenberg Solarpark Senftenberg, Germany (September 2011)
70 MW – Rovigo Photovoltaic Power Plant, Rovigo, Italy (November 2010)
15 MW – Three systems of 5 MW each, Conwall, UK (September 2011)
8 MW – Villeneuve de Marsan, France (April 2012)
4.1 MW – Balakli, Bulgaria (June 2012)

North America

27 MW – Sunnybrook Health Services, Canada (2009)
5 MW – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Georgia, USA (May 2010)
148 MW – Ronald McDonald House, San Diego, California, USA (June 2010)
5 MW – Keystone Solar Farm, Pennsylvania, USA (October 2012)
8.5 MW – Canadian Solar 1 (CS1), Canada (August 2012)
10 MW – Brockville 1, Canada (June 2013)
9 MW – Brockville 2, Canada (September 2013)
10 MW – Silvercreek Solar Park, Canada (January 2014)
146.4 MW – Honduras (October 2014)
28.4 MW – Los Angeles, California (November 2014)
5.86 MW – Massachusetts (July 2014)
10 MW – Ontario, Canada (January 2015)
100 MW – Ontario, Canada (July 2015)
100 MW – Texas Solar Project, Texas (November 2015)
100 MW – Kings County, California (August 2016)
200 MW – California (September 2016)
258 MW – Fresno County, California (September 2016)
60 MW – Los Angeles, California (September 2016)
5.74 MW – Fowler, California (November 2016)

South America

185 MW – Brazil (September 2016)
191.5 MW – Brazil (October 2016)
114 MW – Brazil (November 2016)

APAC

1925 MW – 2008 Summer Olympics Beijing Olympic Games Stadium Beijing, China (2008)
10 MW – Ninxiahongsibao, China (August 2010)
20 MW – Wulate, Inner Mongolia, China (December 2013)
30 MW – Suzhou Golden Sun Projects, China (November 2012)
25 MW – Gajner, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India (November 2013)
1.3 MW – Hyogo, pref. Awaji city, Japan (January 2013)
5 MW – Normanton Solar Farm, Australia (December 2015)
17.4 MW – Longreach Solar Farm, Australia (September 2016)
30 MW – Oakey Solar Farm, Australia (September 2016)
30 MW – Telangana, India (October 2016)

Address

Industry Renewable energy, Photovoltaics industry

Founded 2001

Founder Dr. Shawn Qu, Chairman and CEO

Headquarters Guelph (Ontario), Canada

Number of locations

Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Africa, India, United Arab Emirates, Japan, Korea, Australia, the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Brazil, Panama, Turkey, United Kingdom, South Africa, Vietnam, Indonesia

Products Photovoltaic modules, Photovoltaic systems

Revenue $3.5 billion (USD, 2015)

Number of employees

circa 9,000

Website www.canadiansolar.com