This deal follows the previously announced purchase of Brockville 1, Brockville 2 and Burritts Rapids solar facilities as part of an agreement to purchase a total of nine solar facilities from Canadian Solar in Ontario.
The combined capacity of the nine solar facilities is 86MW at a total cost of approximately $500m. All nine projects have 20-year power purchase agreements with the Ontario Power Authority. TransCanada anticipates the remaining five solar projects will come into service by the end of 2014.
"We are pleased to have acquired an additional solar facility in Ontario as part of our growing energy portfolio, one-third of which are facilities that produce electricity from emission-less sources," said Russ Girling, TransCanada president and chief executive officer.
"The addition of these solar facilities to our asset base continues to allow us to complement our existing operations in Ontario where we have become the largest independent power producer in the province."
To date, the company has invested over $5bn in emission-less energy sources including the largest wind farm in New England, 13 hydro power facilities in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont, the Ontario solar projects and Canada’s largest wind farm development located in Quebec.
TransCanada is also a partner in Bruce Power, Canada’s first private nuclear generator that currently produces 6,200MW of emission-less electricity in Ontario. TransCanada also specializes in building highly efficient natural gas-fired power plants that are helping North America’s transition to a less carbon-intensive electricity supply mix.
