Nov. 1, 2013 - Canadian Solar today announced that it has been awarded a module supply agreement to provide China Three Gorges New Energy Co., Ltd. ("Three Gorges New Energy") with photovoltaic ("PV") modules totaling 100MW for a solar power project located in Guazhou County, in the Gansu Province of China.
"We feel honored to be awarded this module supply agreement by Three Gorges New Energy, a rapidly growing renewable energy project developer in China," said Dr. Shawn Qu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Solar. "This agreement underscores that Canadian Solar's brand is well recognized in the Chinese market and that we remain on track with our market diversification strategy to expand our global footprint and gain market share in important growth markets," added Dr. Qu.
"The feedback we receive from our customers is that they are very pleased to work with Canadian Solar as a module supplier for their solar power projects in China because of our track record delivering high quality solar modules to large-scale solar power projects worldwide," continued Dr. Qu. "Clearly this agreement is an important milestone for our cooperation with China Three Gorges New Energy in the Chinese market."
Canadian Solar will supply its 60 cell CS6P250P and CS6P-255P modules with power output of 250Wp and 255Wp for the project. Module delivery has already commenced and is expected to be completed in December 2013.
