{"id":1004328740,"date":"2019-06-05T06:08:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T14:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004328740"},"modified":"2019-06-05T06:08:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T14:08:43","slug":"edf-canadian-solar-sign-1-8gw-supply-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/edf-canadian-solar-sign-1-8gw-supply-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"EDF, Canadian Solar Sign 1.8GW Supply Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004328800\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/06\/ascension-island-89805_1920.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004328800\" data-attachment-id=\"1004328800\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/edf-canadian-solar-sign-1-8gw-supply-deal\/ascension-island-89805_1920\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/06\/ascension-island-89805_1920.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ascension-island-89805_1920\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Image via Pixabay&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/06\/ascension-island-89805_1920.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004328800 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/06\/ascension-island-89805_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/06\/ascension-island-89805_1920.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/06\/ascension-island-89805_1920.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/06\/ascension-island-89805_1920.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004328800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Image via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Canadian Solar Inc., a manufacturer of solar photovoltaic modules and provider of solar energy solutions, has signed a multi-year module supply agreement with EDF Renewables North America to deliver 1.8 gigawatts of high-efficiency poly solar modules for projects in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The manufacturing company will supply its bifacial enhanced wafer BiHiKu and HiKu modules to EDF Renewables\u2019 solar projects.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement marks Canadian Solar\u2019s largest supply deal to date. In a press statement, the company describes it as an \u201canchor\u201d of its more than 3 gigawatts of contracts in the U.S. through 2023, the last year to complete projects that are safe harbored under the 30 percent Investment Tax Credit.<\/p>\n<h2>Sunny California<\/h2>\n<p>EDF Renewable\u2019s solar project pipeline includes the 111-megawatt Valentine Solar, a solar farm spread across 1,260 acres of private land in Kern County\u2019s Mojave Desert. Slated for completion in December 2019, it will consist of horizontal single-axis photovoltaic technology estimated to avoid more than 225,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, which is the equivalent to the emissions of 48,000 passenger vehicles driven over the course of one year. EDF Renewables signed a 15-year PPA with Southern California Edison for the electricity produced at the facility.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/blm-approves-500mw-palen-solar-project-in-california\/\">500-megawatt Palen Solar Project<\/a> that\u2019s currently under development on 3,478 acres of federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Riverside County, Calif., will begin commercial operation in 2020. It is estimated it will generate enough energy to power approximately 100,000 California homes while supporting the state\u2019s renewable energy goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The manufacturing company will supply its bifacial enhanced wafer BiHiKu and HiKu modules to EDF Renewables\u2019 solar projects underway in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":1004328800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21743,21748,21742,21786,15],"tags":[45800,38483,35875],"class_list":["post-1004328740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deals","category-industrial","category-latest","category-sustainability","category-west","tag-canadian-solar-incorporated","tag-edf-renewable-energy","tag-solar-power"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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