Jinko bifacial panel order to expand 160 MW Chilean project

• The Chinese maker will supply 126 MW of modules to a project in Antofagasta which was initially installed utilizing its products in 2016.

Chinese PV manufacturer JinkoSolar will provide 126 MW of bifacial photovoltaic panels to expand a 160 MW Chilean project which currently features its items.

Jinko will provide 315,900 bifacial modules with transparent backsheets to a solar plant in Antofagasta which has actually been functional considering that 2016, generating 400 GWh each year, according to a report on news service Cision PR Newswire yesterday.

The report specified, the website in north Chile currently features 668,160 Jinko panels and also is anticipated to generate 789 GWh annually as soon as expansion of the project is complete.

" Chile is the biggest market for energy range projects in the region as well as we are continuously working to advertise our high-quality modules there in order to support the growth of renewable resource," claimed Alberto Cuter, Latin America basic supervisor for JinkoSolar, who was quoted in the other day's report. "The growth of the PV plant geared up with our bifacial modules has actually currently produced [a] reduced LCOE [levelized cost of power] and is able to take on typical sources of power. We are anticipating to market even more bifacial modules in the coming couple of months across the region."

Jinko provided the modules for the El Conejo solar project in Antofagasta in 2016, as well as it is unclear whether that plant-- which was reported as a 122 MW facility-- is the same as the property referenced by the newest announcement. El Conejo-- created by U.S. company Pattern Energy and sold to Texas-based Arroyo Energy Group and New York City's Silverfern Group in 2018-- supplied 65% of the power utilized by the Los Pelambres copper mine operated by Antofagasta Minerals with the miner acquiring the energy under a 22-year power purchase contract.