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Manitoba Solar Glass Factory
Canadian Premium Sand
Selkirk, MB, Canada
-96.8942981922466, 50.1540914669687
The Big Green Machine Site ID: 684
Additional Information:
Sector: Solar
Activity: Manufacturing
Product: Solar Components
Project Announcement Date: 3/2/2021
Target for Starting Production: 2027
Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: No
Target Annual Production: 6 GW
Operating Status: Planned
Target Jobs: 270
Capital Investment: $880 million
Government Subsidies:
We currently have no government subsidies tracked for this site.
Selected Sources:
“SELKIRK Project Update”, CPS, 20 Oct 2022. 🔗
“Canadian Premium Sand Plans Float Glass Facility in Manitoba”, Glass Magazine, 01 Mar 2021. 🔗
“‘This is sacred’: the fight against a massive frac sand mine in Manitoba”, James Wilt, wildernesscommittee.org, 15 Sep 2019. 🔗
“Canadian manufacturer to make glass for solar panels in United States”, Kelly Pickerel, Solar Power World, 04 Nov 2024. 🔗
“Canadian Premium Sand building $880M Solar Glass Manufacturing plant in Manitoba”, Rod Walton, energytech.com, 11 May 2023. 🔗
“Company behind proposed Manitoba frack sand mine says project delayed by 'terrible market,' but not dead”, Ian Froese, CBC, 06 Feb 2020. 🔗
“Manitoba Government will Create 270 Critical Mineral Jobs with Extraction Project and Solar Glass Manufacturing Facility”, Province of Manitoba, 13 Feb 2024. 🔗
Tracked Expansions, Acquisitions, or Related Sites:
We currently have no related projects tracked for this site.