EXHIBIT 8.1
LIST OF SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES
(As of February 28, 2022)
| | | | |
Name of entity |
| Place of incorporation |
| Ownership interest |
Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. | | Canada | | 100% |
Canadian Solar O and M (Ontario) Inc. | | Canada | | 100% |
Recurrent Energy, LLC | | USA | | 100% |
Canadian Solar UK Projects Ltd. | | United Kingdom | | 100% |
Canadian Solar Projects K.K. | | Japan | | 100% |
Canadian Solar New Energy Holding Company Limited | | Hong Kong | | 100% |
Canadian Solar Netherlands Cooperative U.A. | | Netherlands | | 100% |
Canadian Solar Energy Singapore Pte Ltd. | | Singapore | | 100% |
Canadian Solar Energy Holding Singapore Pte. Ltd. | | Singapore | | 100% |
Canadian Solar Brasil I Fundo De Investimento Em Participacoes | | Brazil | | 100% |
Canadian Solar Construction (Australia) Pty Ltd | | Australia | | 100% |
Canadian Solar Investment Management Pty Ltd | | Australia | | 100% |
FieldFare Argentina S.R.L. | | Argentina | | 100% |
CSI Energy Project Technology (SuZhou) Co., Ltd. | | PRC | | 100% |
CSI Solar Co., Ltd. | | PRC | | 79.59% |
CSI New Energy Holding Co., Ltd. | | PRC | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Luoyang) Inc. | | PRC | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc. | | PRC | | 100%* |
CSI Cells Co., Ltd. |
| PRC |
| 100%* |
Suzhou Sanysolar Materials Technology Co., Ltd. |
| PRC |
| 100%* |
CSI Solar Manufacturing (Funing) Co., Ltd. |
| PRC |
| 100%* |
Changshu Tegu New Material Technology Co., Ltd. |
| PRC |
| 100%* |
Changshu Tlian Co., Ltd. |
| PRC |
| 100%* |
Canadian Solar Sunenergy (Baotou) Co., Ltd. |
| PRC |
| 100%* |
CSI New Energy Development (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. |
| PRC |
| 90%* |
CSI Electricity Sales (JiangSu) Co., Ltd. |
| PRC |
| 100%* |
CSI Modules (DaFeng) Co., Ltd. |
| PRC |
| 57.4197%* ** |
CSI Cells (Yancheng) Co., Ltd. |
| PRC |
| 73.2063%* *** |
CSI New Energy Technology (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. |
| PRC |
| 100%* |
Canadian Solar Sunenergy (Jiaxing) Co. Ltd. (formerly known as CSI Modules (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd.) |
| PRC |
| 100%* |
Canadian Solar Photovoltaic Technology (Luoyang) Co., Ltd |
| PRC |
| 100%* |
Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | | Thailand | | 99.999996%* |
Canadian Solar Manufacturing Vietnam Co., Ltd. | | Vietnam | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar (USA) Inc. | | USA | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar EMEA GmbH | | Germany | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar Japan K.K. | | Japan | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar International Limited | | Hong Kong | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar South East Asia Pte. Ltd. | | Singapore | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar Brazil Commerce, Import and Export of Solar Panels Ltd. | | Brazil | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar SSES (US) Ltd. | | USA | | 100%* |
Canadian Solar SSES (UK) Ltd | | United Kingdom | | 100%* |
* Significant subsidiaries within the scope of CSI Solar are held through CSI Solar Co., Ltd. of which CSI holds 79.59% equity rights of CSI Solar Co., Ltd. Such equity right percentage may differ when calculated on different bases of accounting, e.g. PRC GAAP.
** Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc. holds 46.73% equity rights of CSI Modules (DaFeng) Co., Ltd., a limited partnership fund, of which Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Changshu) Inc. holds 20% shares
as a limited partner and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSI Solar Co., Ltd. holds 0.067% shares as a general partner, holds 53.27% equity rights of CSI Modules (DaFeng) Co., Ltd.
***CSI Cells Co., Ltd. holds 57.13% equity rights of CSI Cells (Yancheng) Co., Ltd., a limited partnership fund, of which CSI Cells Co., Ltd. holds 37.33% shares as a limited partner and a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSI Solar Co., Ltd. holds 0.17% shares as a general partner and holds 42.87% equity rights of CSI Cells (Yancheng) Co., Ltd.