Bangkok--29 Apr--Vero PR
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With the 12.4 megawatt solar park in Nakhon Pathom province, Conergy and Annex Power are building the third solar park on Thai soil within one year. The solar experts are constructing a park covering an area of 268,500 square meters — equivalent to the size of 25 soccer fields.
Double Milestone: Investor is building the second solar park with Conergy and Annex Power With this project, Conergy and Annex Power further strengthen their position in Asia: On the one hand, the new solar park marks the second time in three months that an all-Conergy park will be built in the price-sensitive Asian market and Annex Power’s leading engineering services will be utilized. On the other hand, it is the follow-up project from the first Ayutthaya park for the investors Yanhee Solar and Ratchaburi Electricity who have entered into a joint venture agreement as Solarta to develop solar energy parks in Thailand. After the very positive experience with its first solar park built by Conergy-Annex Power, the investors now top it off: once completed, the new power plant will be more than four times as large as its predecessor.
Nevertheless, size is not everything. In the new solar park, quality plays a major role: 56,000 Conergy PowerPlus Premium modules set on over 56 kilometers of Conergy SolarLinea mounting systems will provide maximum yields. Over 200 Conergy IPG 15T string and 25 IPG 300C central inverters will be feeding the annual clean energy production of 19,500 megawatt hours of electricity into the local grid. The new solar park will supply more than 7,700 Thai households with clean solar electricity and avoid 11,500 tons of CO2 emissions per year, demonstrating that solar power can play a major role in providing clean, safe and reliable electricity in a large scale.
Sun instead of fossil or nuclear power: Thailand on its way to a solar future The shift in thinking towards clean energy production has already taken place in Thailand. The Thai energy authority, the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE), calls the year 2011 the golden year of renewable energies. Extremely volatile energy prices could, according to the authority lead to an increase of 12-14% of the renewable energy production in the country. They consider solar energy as the most promising renewable energy source. To continue to push this clean form of energy production forward, the DEDE has already announced its intention to “positively” review the existing solar funding scheme: In addition to the large solar parks, in the future, small solar systems on private rooftops could also benefit from the feed-in tariffs guaranteed by the state.
Investors like Dr. Supot Sumritvanitcha, founder and CEO of Yanhee Solar, are preparing the way into Thailand’s solar future: “The current situation in Japan shows once again that we are on the right track with the increased investment into solar energy in Thailand. For me, it is a good feeling when our country, the environment and the global economy benefits from our investment. Furthermore, solar energy offers excellent returns for investors — especially if you have such highly efficient partners as we have. We have been extremely pleased with Conergy and Annex Power's performance with our first large-scale solar project in terms of quality, delivery and value. They have the technology and all the right people in place to deliver excellent quality from optimized systems design to on-schedule construction.”
Mr.Noppol Milinthanggoon, President of Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding PCL., a leading power producer in Thailand, states that “the company has been involved in many solar energy projects in Thailand with an aim to reduce fossil fuel usage and strengthen the reliability of the national power system besides reducing global warming. Renewable energy is one of our core businesses to respond to the government’s alternative energy promotion policy. We target to reach 100 megawatts in 2016. To date, we have collaborated with Solarta to develop 8 solar energy projects among which are the Sai Prapa and Sai Yoi projects in Nakhon Pathom Province. With the professional and extensive experiences in solar energy systems from Conergy and Annex, we are extremely confident that the Sai Prapa and Sai Yoi projects will significantly contribute to the achievement of our target.”
"We are indeed very honored to assist Solarta with this project," said Daniel Gaefke, managing director of Annex Power. "The biggest satisfaction we can receive from developing projects is repeat business."
Yields with a system: Premium quality meets output insurance The 12.4 megawatt follow-up project benefits not only from the Conergy System Technology but also from additional services like the Conergy Output Insurance: “This conscious decision for Conergy quality components shows that even in the price-sensitive Asian market, quality plays an increasingly important role. With our comprehensive services, we deliver far more than just components. Our unique Output Insurance solution, underwritten by a third party insurance company, covers up to 90% of all yields for up to 10 years — previously this was almost inconceivable in Asia and now creates an outstanding planning and investment security,” according to Alexander Lenz, President of Conergy South East Asia & Middle East.
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