The web site for Hanwha Solutions Qcells Division’s photo voltaic farm in Weld County, Colorado. / Courtesy of Hanwha Solutions
By Park Jae-hyuk
Hanwha Solutions Qcells Division has began building of a big photo voltaic farm within the United States for a 257-megawatt solar energy technology venture, the corporate stated, Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Hanwha Qcells held a groundbreaking ceremony with the Platte River Power Authority (PRPA), the off-taker from the photo voltaic farm, to start the total building of the photovoltaic energy station in Weld County, Colorado.
Hanwha Qcells additionally plans to steer the engineering, procurement and building (EPC) for the venture, which goals to construct a photo voltaic farm on 5.6 sq. kilometers of land in Weld County, Colorado, by offering greater than 540,000 photovoltaic modules.
The photo voltaic farm will start its business operation progressively in 2025. Under the facility buy settlement, it can provide electrical energy from renewable power sources to PRPA.
“With this venture, Hanwha Qcells will get one other enterprise alternative by combining our US solar energy enterprise and EPC,” stated Hanwha Qcells CEO Lee Koo-yung. “Hanwha Qcells will full the development efficiently and maximize earnings after reviewing varied choices, together with the sale of property.”
Hanwha Qcells manages a collection of growth and EPC associated main inexperienced power tasks within the US
In May, the corporate accomplished a venture to construct an influence plant with 50-megawatt photo voltaic modules and 200-megawatt-hour power storage methods (ESS). This facility provides electrical energy to Meta, one of many largest tech companies within the US
Last April, Hanwha Qcells accomplished the development of a 150-megawatt photo voltaic farm in Wyoming after venture administration, EPC and module provide.
The firm additionally signed partnerships with varied prospects because of the rising demand for renewable power sources and photovoltaic merchandise made within the US
In January, Hanwha Qcells signed a partnership with Microsoft to supply 12 gigawatts of photo voltaic modules and EPC providers over the following eight years. This consists of the two.5-gigawatt module and EPC providers dedication beforehand introduced in January 2023.
In addition, Hanwha Qcells lately expanded its partnership signed in April final yr with Summit Ridge Energy (SRE), the main business photo voltaic firm within the US.
The Korean agency agreed to supply SRE with a further 800 megawatts of photo voltaic panels, for a complete of two gigawatts by 2027. In addition, the 2 corporations determined to collaborate on ESS tasks.