Ontario's flower, the trillium, even looks like a windmill. Coincidence?
Siemens Canada is looking at building a new wind turbine plant in Ontario, according to a report in Bloomberg.
Siemens Canada Chief Executive Officer Roland Aurich said the company is considering multiple sites but is focusing on Ontario and isn’t far from making an announcement. The move would further bolster Ontario green credibility and could validate the blockbuster CAD $7 billion deal with Samsung for wind and solar projects signed in January. As part of the deal, Samsung pledged to attract other manufacturers to the province.
Aurich did not indicate that he had any discussions with the Korean company, but Ontario’s efforts to become a green manufacturing hub have been difficult to miss, with its generous feed-in tariff and aggressive green energy legislation.
Aurich said that Siemens is factoring the strength of the Canadian economic recovery into its decision-making process.
There are possibilities for a Canadian operation to also use that for export, but primarily we want to show Canada that we are a Canadian company, we manufacture things here, and we make sure the market is big enough.