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A manufacturer of thin-film solar is expecting to have a manufacturing facility in Ontario operational by August.  United Solar’s 7,000 square meter facility, located in LaSalle, is under lease to the company for 10 years and will hire up to 80 people.

The company says it will upgrade the existing building and deploy capital equipment with total first year project capital anticipated to be approximately $4 million. United Solar will manufacture its proprietary thin-film solar laminates in the facility specifically for sale in the Ontario market. The Ontario-made product is an important component in complying with the domestic content requirement of the Ontario Power Authority’s feed-in-tariff program. The plant will have an initial annualized capacity of 15 MW (equal to providing solar power to 4,000 homes with a carbon offset of more than 5,000 metric tons per year), but will be designed with the ability to quickly ramp to 30 MW once higher market demand is established.

“I’m pleased to welcome United Solar and 80 new jobs to Ontario,” says Sandra Pupatello, Minister of Economic Development & Trade and MPP for Windsor West. “The fact that United Solar is establishing their first Canadian manufacturing facility in Windsor-Essex, Ontario speaks to our competitive business environment, skilled workforce, and green energy plan.”

Uni-Solar www.uni-solar.com