SunEdison is to produce racking equipment for its Canadian solar projects with Samco Solar, the Ontario-based equipment and parts manufacturer. This new contract will increase Samco’s labour force by 25%, generating 15-18 permanent, highly skilled jobs.
“Ontario’s Green Energy Act has established our province as a beachhead in the clean energy economy,” said Brad Duguid, minister of energy and infrastructure.
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“This contract and the FiT program of the Ontario government have helped to stimulate growth in our company,” says David Pichard, VP solar business development at Samco Machinery. “Working with a solar powerhouse like SunEdison has provided our organization with a significant opportunity for expansion into the green energy sector.”
The initiative works towards SunEdison’s domestic content requirements for the commercial rooftop solar PV projects as outlined in Ontario’s feed-in-tariff program, which requires 60% of solar equipment used in its projects to be produced locally by 2011.
