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SAN JOSE, Calif., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Zhongli Talesun Solar, a global solar solutions company with the world's largest, fully automated solar module manufacturing facility, announced today its newly manufactured 60 and 72 cell polycrystalline and monocrystalline modules have received Underwriter Laboratories 1000V certification. The new certification expands Zhongli Talesun Solar's product offering and supports customers' photovoltaic projects serving utility-scale and...

GUELPH, Ontario, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has entered into an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) agreement with Grand Renewable Solar LP, a solar energy project developed by Samsung Renewable Energy Inc.for the construction of a 130 MW utility-scale solar power plant....

GUELPH, Ontario, June 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that it held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 7, 2013. Each of the proposals submitted for shareholder approval was approved. Specifically, the shareholders approved: 1. The election of Mr. Shawn (Xiaohua) Qu as a director of the Company; 2. The election of Mr. Michael...

GUELPH, Ontario, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its solar modules CS6P-P series (60 cells, polycrystalline ) and its monocrystalline MWT cell modules, ELPS CS6P-MM series (60 MWT cells, monocrystalline) have all passed Fraunhofer ISE's PID test in accordance with the draft IEC62804 (System Voltage Durability Qualification Test for Crystalline...

GUELPH, Ontario and CALGARY, Alberta, June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar"), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has entered into a sales agreement with a BluEarth Renewables Inc. subsidiary ("BluEarth"), whereby BluEarth will acquire from Canadian Solar four utility-scale solar power plants totaling 38.5MWac(53.9 MWdc) valued at...

CARLSBAD, Calif., June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenwood Biosar, a leading solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, announced today that it has commenced construction on one of Vermont's largest solar photovoltaic power plants, a 2.4MWp system, approximately 35 miles north of Burlington. "Greenwood Biosar is very pleased to be putting our deep background and expertise to work constructing one of the largest solar power plants in Vermont," said Greenwood...

New office in Sao Paulo, Brazil furthers Canadian Solar's global footprint and enhances service to growing regional customer base. SAO PAULO, Brazil, June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that is has opened a sales and business development office in Sao Paulo, Brazil to expand and strengthen the company's South American sales network and broaden...

SAN FRANCISCO, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ET Solar Group Corp. ("ET Solar"), a leading solar one-stop solution provider, today announces that it has supplied 3.3 MW high quality modules to the third largest commercial PV plant project undertaken by Perihelio y Afelio , a local EPC company in Chile. Located in En La Huayca, Pozo Almonte, the ground-mounted PV plant Parque Solar Los Puquios is under construction with ET Solar as the exclusive PV module supplier. As the first PV...

GUELPH, Ontario, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that it has signed a RMB270 million (US$44.1 million) loan agreement with China Development Bank. The loan facility has a fifteen-year maturity, including one year grace period and will be used to finance the construction of a 30MW solar project and its ancillary facility in the western part...

TORONTO, May 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GDF SUEZ Canada Inc. and its joint venture partners Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Fiera Axium Infrastructure today announced that the 10 MW Brockville Solar project in the Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley, Leeds County, Ontario has entered commercial operation under a 20-year power purchase agreement with the Ontario Power Authority. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100210/DA52541LOGO) The $50 million project, developed under Ontario's...