A company has leased the rooftops of five Ontario Purolator buildings to set up a solar power-generating business.
"We will own and operate, build and finance these projects, and monitor them over the course of the contract," says Sarah Simmons, government affairs manager for
Sun Edison Canada.
Two of the five buildings are in
Etobicoke.
According to Simmons, her company is currently working through the regulatory process for the deal, which was signed this month, and she expects work to be completed on the buildings within 12 months.
When all five buildings are up and running, Sun Edison, a division of
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., which manufactures the solar panels in Newmarket, expects to generate 1.14 megwatts of energy.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Sarah Simmons
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