CANADIAN PREMIUM SAND: A LEADER IN SOLAR GLASS Driven by an ambitious vision to add
improves clarity and allows greater
per cent of its patterned solar glass
new domestic manufacturing capacity,
light transmissivity. The quality of our
demand — even though Canada has an
CPS has initiated plans to build and
silica sand has been validated by third-
abundance of premium, accessible raw
operate an industry-leading sustainable
party laboratories leading to a glass-
materials like high-purity silica sand
solar glass manufacturing facility in
sand inferred resource estimate of 7.25
and is an energy exporter.
Manitoba. This facility will play a key
million tonnes.
role in North America’s rapidly growing
Our state-of-the-art patterned
CPS is positioned to be the first
solar glass manufacturing plant
patterned solar glass supplier in
will be an economic catalyst for the
North America. We believe long-term
industry and region, and make a
economic prosperity for Canadians
meaningful contribution to Canada’s
CPS owns rights to a high-purity, low-
requires more robust domestic primary
manufacturing sector. The facility will
iron silica sand quarry, located 160
manufacturing with responsible use
utilize the best technology available
kilometres north of Winnipeg. Low
of our resources as we work towards
and renewable electricity to set a
iron content in silica sand is essential
net-zero as a society. For too long,
new standard for sustainable glass
to produce premium solar glass as it
North America has had to import 100
manufacturing. 6
renewable energy sector providing solar module manufacturers with reliable access to high-quality solar glass.
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