The $50m project, which has been developed under Ontario’s Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program, includes around 44,000 solar panels on about 80 acres of land, and has the capacity to generate clean energy for around 1,700 homes in Ontario.
AMEC and Black & McDonald joint venture is the lead contractor, which is responsible for engineering, construction, and performance of the project.
GDF SUEZ Canada and partners Mitsui and Fiera Axium Infrastructure currently operate 680MW of wind- and solar-powered generation facilities in the Canadian Maritimes, Ontario, and British Columbia, with the addition of the Beckwith solar project.
GDF SUEZ Canada president Mike Crawley said, "We are proud to be providing another form of clean, renewable energy to the province and hope the Beckwith solar facility, along with our 10MW Brockville solar facility that began commercial operation in Ontario last year, will be the first of many solar projects in our portfolio, whether utility-scale or rooftop."
