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Ontario to announce wind turbine factory for Windsor

Paul Bliss CTV News
Published Tuesday, November 30, 2010 5:37PM EST

Mr. Sung Ha Chi, CFO of Samsung, left, Brad Duguid, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, centre, Dalton McGuinty, premier of Ontario, back centre, and Mr. Chan-Ki Jung, executive vice president for KEPCO, right, pose for a photograph after signing the agreement in Toronto, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. (Nathan Denette / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

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The first of four Samsung factories to be constructed in Ontario under a $7.5-billion green energy deal will be announced Wednesday.

CTV News has learned the factory will be built in Windsor. It will directly employ 300 workers.

Another 400 jobs will be created indirectly in construction and service-related operations.

A news conference has been called by Energy Minister Brad Duguid, Finance Minister Dwight Duncan (a Windsor MPP) and Windsor's Mayor Eddie Francis.

Three other factories are to be built in Ontario as part of the deal that guarantees Samsung a fixed price for electricity it produces in the province using wind and solar power.

The Windsor factory will make towers for wind turbines using steel that is produced in Ontario.