Canadian Energies, a vertically integrated solar and energy storage company, has announced plans to build a 10 GW solar module manufacturing facility in Canada, positioned as one of the largest domestic cleantech manufacturing initiatives ever undertaken in the country.
The facility is designed to onshore critical solar supply chains and supply utilities, developers, and commercial customers across North America with high-efficiency modules built on home soil.
The announcement comes at a moment when North American policymakers, utilities, and developers are increasingly focused on reducing dependence on overseas module supply and building resilient, trade-secure cleantech infrastructure. Canadian Energies has already secured purchase orders from customers in the United States and Mexico, signaling early commercial traction ahead of the facility ramp-up.
“North America cannot reach Net Zero by importing its way there,” said Mark Garvin, Founder and CEO of Canadian Energies. “Domestic manufacturing, resilient supply chains, and trusted EPC execution are the backbone of a real energy transition and that’s exactly what we’re building.”
Canadian Energies is building more than a factory. The company operates as a vertically integrated cleantech platform spanning module manufacturing, EPC delivery, and energy storage deployment. Alongside the 10 GW manufacturing build-out,
Canadian Energies delivers:
– Solar EPC end-to-end design, engineering, procurement, and construction for utility-scale and commercial & industrial (C&I) projects
– Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) grid-scale and behind-the-meter deployments
– High-efficiency solar module distribution across North America, including TOPCon and bifacial technologies
The integrated model is intended to give utility offtakers, developers, and corporate buyers a single accountable partner from module to interconnection a structure Garvin argues is essential as project pipelines scale and supply chain risk intensifies.
The Canadian build-out is anchored in operating experience, not theory. Garvin also serves as Co-Founder and CEO of WorldOne Energies, an India-based solar manufacturer operating a 2 GW facility in Nagpur that supplies markets across India and the UAE.
The group also includes Arab Energies Solar, a sister company delivering utility-scale EPC projects across North America, Africa, and the Middle East. Together, the three companies give Canadian Energies a manufacturing, distribution, and project execution footprint spanning four continents.
“We’ve already built and scaled solar manufacturing and EPC delivery in some of the most competitive markets in the world,” Garvin said. “We’re bringing that operating discipline, that supply chain depth, and that execution capability to Canada at North American scale.”
Richard Wilson, Chairman and President of Canadian Energies, added: “What sets this platform apart is integration. Manufacturing, EPC, and storage under one roof, with real projects already moving across multiple geographies. That’s what utility and corporate buyers in North America are looking for right now: a partner that can actually deliver.”
Garvin, a member of the Forbes Business Council, also serves as Managing Partner at PrimePath Capital, where he invests in and advises early-stage green energy ventures.
“Through PrimePath Capital, I see the full landscape of where cleantech capital is moving – and it’s moving toward companies that own their supply chain and can actually execute,” Garvin said. “Canadian Energies isn’t a thesis. It’s the answer to it.”
As the platform scales, Canadian Energies is opening conversations with:
– Institutional and strategic investors
– Utility and corporate offtake partners
– Landowners with interconnection-ready sites in Canada and the U.S.
– EPC, O&M, and module supply collaborators
“The only cleantech that matters is the kind that actually gets built,” Garvin said. “We’re moving between boardrooms, job sites, and factory floors because that’s what real execution looks like. The energy transition won’t happen on slide decks.”
