First Solar, Inc. (Tempe, AZ, U.S.) on February 8th,
2017 announced it has been awarded the PV module supply contract for
the 140 MW Sun Metals solar farm in North Queensland (QLD), Australia.
According to First Solar, it will be Australia’s
largest solar PV project once constructed, and utilize more than
1,167,000 First Solar advanced thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules to
produce approximately 270,000 megawatt-hours of solar power in its first
year of operation.
Situated 15 kilometers south of Townsville, the
project will supply electricity to the Sun Metals zinc refinery, which
is a member of the Korea Zinc Group and a world leader in metal
processing technology.
RCR Tomlinson Limited will manage the engineering,
procurement and construction (EPC) of the project. Construction is
scheduled to commence in April 2017.
source: http://www.solarserver.com
No comments:
Post a Comment