Canadian Solar Inc. is a Canadian manufacturer of photovoltaic cell

Solar cell

A solar cell is a solid state electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect....

s and panels. It was founded by Chinese Canadian Shawn (Xiaohua) Qu.

Canadian Solar is ranked sixth largest producer in the world by PVinsights and seventh by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. In 2010 the company produced 803 MW of photovoltaic panels and combined with their seven wholly owned subsidiaries to ship over 2 GW.

Canadian Solar is building a plant in Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

with a production capacity of 200MW per year.