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GP Joule Canada Corp., a subsidiary of GP Joule, has been awarded an EPC contract for the 25.43MW Innisfail Solar project located in Red Deer County, Alberta, which is located midway between the cities of Calgary and Edmonton.

TC Energy will procure output of 74.25MW from Perimeter's proposed 130MW PV farm, in deal billed as Canada's biggest private PPA to date.

The 400MWac solar project in Alberta outsizes Canada's largest existing plants by a factor of four and is meant to come online in 2021.

Centrica subsidiary Direct Energy will acquire power from 32MWp/23MWac solar installation, predicted to be province’s largest once complete.

Canadian Solar has won three solar power contracts with Alberta’s Ministry of Infrastructure for a 94MW PV portfolio in southeast Alberta, Canada. The projects hold an average contracted PPA price of US$36.27 per MWh.

JinkoSolar subsidiary JinkoSolar Canada will supply approximately 17MW of its mono PERC solar modules to a PV project in Brooks, Alberta, Canada, owned by Vancouver-based renewable energy developer, investor, and operator, Elemental Energy.

UGE International, a leading North American solar developer, has penetrated the Canadian solar market with an expansion into the province of Alberta.

The government of Canadian province Alberta is creating a C$36 million rebate programme for solar installations on residential and commercial buildings.

The Alberta government is investigating a proposal for the province’s first solar farm that could power 50% of government operations.

The US is leading the charge for solar in North America, but its next-door neighbours, Canada and Mexico, are also pressing ahead with plans to boost deployment. Danielle Ola reports on the policy developments expected to underpin the growth of solar in the two countries.