Canadian Solar has secured permission for a 100MW photovoltaic project in Mississippi from the state’s Public Service Commission.
Company subsidiary Recurrent Energy will install the solar park under a build-transfer agreement with Entergy Mississippi for a base purchase price of $138.4m (€125m).
The plant is due online by mid-2022 and will be the southern US state’s largest solar plant when operational.
Entergy Mississippi president and chief executive Haley Fisakerly said: “Once the Sunflower solar facility is complete, we’ll be able to offer renewable energy as part of our customers’ energy mix.”
“This facility represents one more way we are building the utility of the future.”
The Sunflower solar project, located in Sunflower County, will use high-efficiency modules from Canadian Solar and single-axis trackers.
Construction of the project is expected to create 360 jobs.
Canadian Solar chairman and chief executive Shawn Qu said: “This agreement with Entergy is another milestone that underscores Recurrent Energy’s leadership position in the US solar development space.
“We are proud to do our part to expand the use of clean renewable energy from the sun in Mississippi, and to advance the goal of building an environmentally-friendly, low-carbon future.”