With PV module capacity ramping up, glass suppliers have been investing in new solar glass production capacity. As in India and China, new facilities are popping up in North America, with unique twists to ensure competitiveness, such as using recycled material.
April 23, 2021
It’s not often the North American float glass industry welcomes a new plant, let alone an entirely new company, to the market. So, the March announcement that Canadian Premium Sand would be throwing its hat into the glass ring and starting up a float plant outside of Winnipeg, Manitoba, certainly caught the industry’s attention.
CPS, a sand mining company based in Calgary, plans to build a sustainable float glass manufacturing and coating facility. The plant will rely on high-quality silica sand from the company’s Wanipigow, Manitoba, sand deposit to produce coated high-performance glass and low-iron glass for the growing solar glass market.