Transcanada adds to solar presence

sOLar • TransCanada Corp. has acquired an additional solar power generation facility in eastern Ontario, about 60 kilometres west of Ottawa.

The Mississippi Mills project near Pakenham has 10 megawatts of generating capacity. The power plant was built for TransCanada by a subsidiary of Canadian Solar

Inc. of Guelph. TransCanada has agreed to acquire a total nine solar power generation plants in Ontario from Canadian Solar Solutions Inc.

So far, the Calgary-based company has taken delivery of four of the solar plants, all in eastern Ontario.