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Thursday, March 12 2020 - 22:00
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Canadian Solar Signs Solar Power Purchase Agreement in Australia with Amazon
GUELPH, Ontario, Mar. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/--

Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of 
the world's largest solar power companies, today announced that its subsidiary 
Canadian Solar Australia has signed a power purchase agreement ("PPA") with 
Amazon.

The solar power will be supplied from the Company's 146 MWp/110 MWac Gunnedah 
solar farm, which will reach commercial operation by 2021. The solar farm will 
utilize Canadian Solar's BiKu bifacial modules.

(https://www.canadiansolar.com/biku/) thanks,Cathy

The agreement with Amazon is Canadian Solar's first PPA in New South Wales and 
marks its strategic entry into the large Australian Consumer and Industrial 
("C&I") PPA market.

"Canadian Solar is very proud to sign this power purchase agreement with 
Amazon. Our team has worked hard to bring this opportunity to fruition, and we 
look forward to further collaboration with Amazon, while we bring the Gunnedah 
project to commercial operation. We are honored to help Amazon meet its 
renewable energy goals by utilizing our solar technology and development 
expertise," said Dr. Shawn Qu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Canadian 
Solar. 

Dr. Shawn Qu continued, "Canadian Solar is a leading developer in the 
Australian solar market, where we have a pipeline of nearly 1.2 GWp, including 
335 MWp of projects ready to build. We look forward to growing our solar 
projects and solar module supply businesses in Australia, while expanding into 
other C&I sectors in this region. We see a bright future ahead as Australia 
continues to expand its renewable energy market."

About Canadian Solar Inc.

Canadian Solar was founded in 2001 in Canada and is one of the world's largest 
and foremost solar power companies. It is a leading manufacturer of solar 
photovoltaic modules and provider of solar energy solutions and has a 
geographically diversified pipeline of utility-scale power projects in various 
stages of development. Over the past 19 years, Canadian Solar has successfully 
delivered over 38 GW of premium quality modules to customers in over 150 
countries around the world. Canadian Solar is one of the most bankable 
companies in the solar industry, having been publicly listed on NASDAQ since 
2006. For additional information about the Company, follow Canadian Solar on 
LinkedIn or visit www.canadiansolar.com.

Safe Harbor/Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements that 
involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to 
differ materially. These statements are made under the "Safe Harbor" provisions 
of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, 
you can identify forward-looking statements by such terms as "believes," 
"expects," "anticipates," "intends," "estimates," the negative of these terms, 
or other comparable terminology. Factors that could cause actual results to 
differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the 
solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future 
available supplies of high-purity silicon; demand for end-use products by 
consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in 
demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as 
Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes 
in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure 
and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; 
delays in utility-scale project approval process; delays in utility-scale 
project construction; delays in the completion of project sales; continued 
success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features 
customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; 
availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other 
risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on 
Form 20-F filed on April 25, 2019. Although the Company believes that the 
expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, it 
cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance, or 
achievements. Investors should not place undue reliance on these 
forward-looking statements. All information provided in this press release is 
as of today's date, unless otherwise stated, and Canadian Solar undertakes no 
duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.

SOURCE: Canadian Solar Inc.