Yingli Green Energy Europe has signed an agreement with Jenner Renewables to provide Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) services for 12 ground-mounted PV plants in Chile, with the total capacity of 146MW.
Cluster 1 including 4 PV plants and the construction will start in February 2018 targeting to being operation by June 2018. Cluster 2, including 8 PV plants, will begin by the completion of Cluster 1.
Yingli, as the EPC contractor and exclusive solar panel supplier for the project, will supply its multi-crystalline modules type YL325P-35B. Each PV plant is anticipated to avoid 20.8 tons of CO2 per year.
“This is part of our renewable energy pipeline of 1,500 MW, which we intend to develop over 3-4 years in Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and other countries in the region,” Jorge Calvet, founder and CEO of Jenner Renewables, said.
Fernando Calisalvo is the managing director of Yingli Europe.
“We are seeking opportunities in some specific countries or cooperation with some specific partners to provide EPC services, which we believe could bring higher added value to our products and increase our service level,” said Liansheng Miao, chairman and chief executive officer of Yingli.