Solar Source plans to bring 150 full-time jobs with the first 30MW phase of the photovoltaic solar panels manufacturing plant in Windsor, Ontario. The second phase will bring an additional 50 jobs to total 200 jobs for the plant. The company promises to invest “well in excess of $40 million” in its Windsor launch, with the first solar panels to be coming off the line by the end of 2010 at an operation expected to employ up to 200 people by next year. Depending on the renewable energy marketplace, a Windsor workforce can be up to 500 within three years.
Solar Source Ontario is a joint venture of a subsidiary of Canadian merchant bank Solar Bancorp Inc. and India-based multinational HHV.
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