Canadian Solar, which owns the development rights to the five projects totalling 49MW, will operate as EPC contractor – with construction to beginlater this year for a 2014 finish.

It will also stay on as operations and maintenance provider. Taken together, the five ground-mount arrays will absorb 230,000 Canadian Solar CS6X modules and account for 500 jobs during peakconstruction.

Canadian Solar is unique among PV manufacturers which operate primarily in China, in that its headquarters are located in the provinceof Ontario.