Trina Solar, a provider of photovoltaic modules, solutions, and services, announced it has successfully connected to the grid two thirds of a 300MW ground-mounted solar project in Yunnan, China.
Trina Solar had acquired a 90 percent stake in the Yunnan Metallurgical New Energy project in Southern Yunnan province.
Once fully operational, the project will become the largest single utility-scale solar power plant in Yunnan and one of the largest in China.
Trina Solar commenced the construction phase of the Project in the fourth quarter of 2014 with the deployment of its self-branded solar PV modules to the barren hills of Jianshui County.
After having connected 70MW of modules to the grid in the second quarter of this year, the Company surpassed the 200MW milestone by the end of the third quarter with additional connection of 133MW.
The Project is eligible for a 20-year benchmark on-grid tariff of 0.95 RMB/KWh based on the present feed-in-tariff program in China.
Chinese government recently raised its solar installation target for 2015 by 5.3 GW to 23.1 GW.
Rajani Baburajan