Greentech Lead America: JinkoSolar, in partnership with
Southern Sky Renewable Energy (SSRE) will supply its modules to a 5.75MW array
of solar panels located on the site of the former Canton landfill in Canton,
MA. The Canton landfill project is part of “brownfields”, a growing
movement to revitalize abandoned, underused industrial areas known as and
convert them into economically productive, clean power-generating sites.
“Redevelopment projects like this bring a multitude
of benefits to local communities, in addition to the inherent advantages of
clean, renewable power generation. As a global company with a vested interest
in the communities where we do business, we strive to partake in sustainable
solutions that are economically – and environmentally – viable in the long
run,” said Arturo Herrero, chief marketing officer at JinkoSolar.
Gemma Renewable Power, engineering, procurement and
construction (EPC) contractor that provides a full range of services to owners
and developers of renewable energy projects, was the constructer contractor of
the facility.
JinkoSolar worked with ISM Solar
Solutions and SSRE to design and implement a solar panel array that maximizes
energy generation capacity for the 15-acre site. The $25 million project
incorporates 19,844 JinkoSolar solar modules. The solar array is expected to
produce enough solar energy to generate $16.3M in property lease and energy
generation revenue for the town of Canton. The installation will be completed
later this year.
SSRE has signed on for a 25-year lease to operate the
Canton landfill solar site, which is expected to come online in the summer of
2012.
“Hundreds of closed landfills across the state are
sitting idle when they can, in fact, be turned into major sources of revenue.
For communities like Canton that are in dire need of tangible economic growth,
solar power arrays provide a major opportunity,” said Francis X. McMahon,
managing director of SSRE.
JinkoSolar to provide modules for 50MW GSHHSD solar
project in China
Recently, JinkoSolar announced that it will provide
modules for a 50 MW solar project operated by GSHHSD, the state-run renewable
energy development company in China. The project is expected to contribute
significantly to China’s renewable energy production goal of 15 GW by 2015.
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