JA Solar Holdings has bagged a contract to supply 100 MW of photovoltaic (PV) modules to one of the first three large-scale ground-mounted solar power facilities in Zimbabwe.
The projects will have a combined installed capacity of 300 MW and the three contractors for these projects are ZTE, China MCC17 Group and Intratrek Zimbabwe.
JA Solar will supply its PV modules to China MCC17 Group for the project it is constructing.
The power plants will be located in Munyati, Insukamini, and Gwanda, the capital of Matabeleland South.
A spokesperson for JA Solar said that the company began negotiations with the Zimbabwe Power Company to supply modules for the Munyati project earlier this year. China MCC17 Group chose JA Solar as their exclusive module supplier after winning the bid to construct the Munyati project.
The three projects involve a total PV module contract value of $544 million, $179 million of which was won by JA Solar. The projects are scheduled to commence construction near the end of 2016 or early 2017, and are expected to be completed by the end of 2017.