SunPower is supplying its 70MW concentrator photovoltaic (PV) packages for Huaxia Concentrated Photovoltaic Power JV’s solar projects in Inner Mongolia, China.
Partners in the JV include SunPower, Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor, Inner Mongolia Power and Hohhot Jinqiao City Development. It aims to develop and deploy SunPower’s proprietary C7 concentrator technology in the Chinese market.
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The equipment will be used for the first phase of two SunPower C7 Tracker projects, which comprise 20MW project in Saihan and 100MW project in Wuchuan.
The C7 technology is claimed to lower the levelised cost of energy by up to 24.5% compared to competing technologies.
SunPower president and CEO Tom Werner said today’s announcement is a first step in the company’s aggressive efforts to break into the Chinese market.
"Working together with our strong local partners, we believe that we can deploy significant volumes of our SunPower C7 Tracker power plants to help serve China’s growing need for clean power," added Werner.
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By GlobalDataThe JV has to date constructed a 300MW C7 receiver manufacturing facility in Jinqiao Development Zone, while a 50MW production line is now in operation.
California-headquartered SunPower designs and manufactures crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, roof tiles and solar panels based on a silicon all-back-contact solar cell invented at Stanford University.
