Photovoltaics manufacturer JinkoSolar has announced supply of 75 MWdc of PV solar modules to Swinerton Renewable Energy. The modules are to be utilized in the Red Horse 2 Wind and Solar project in Cochise, Arizona.
The project acquired by an affiliate of DE Shaw Renewable Investments last August will utilize 248,750 of JinkoSolar’s 72-cell polycrystalline solar panels.
Swinerton Renewable Energy will not only develop and construct the project, but also provide operations and maintenance services to the facility. The hybrid project is expected to provide power to 13,500 homes on completion.
“The Red Horse 2 project is an example of the advancement of renewable energy in the United States and we are proud to be an integral part of the growing clean energy industry,” Nigel Cockroft, General Manager of JinkoSolar said. “The US has become the second largest market for JinkoSolar after China.”
The new projects add to JinkoSolar’s growing list of investments in the US. We delivered more than 400 MW of modules to US projects in 2014, and in 2015 have so far signed US contracts to supply an additional 750MW.
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