Satcon to Ship 38 Megawatts of its 500kW PowerGate® Plus Inverters to GCL for Projects in China
04 March 2010 - 12:30AM
Business Wire
Satcon Technology Corporation (NASDAQ CM: SATC), a leading
provider of utility scale power solutions for the renewable energy
market, today announced that it has been selected to ship 38
megawatts of its PowerGate® Plus 500 kW solar PV inverter solutions
to GCL Solar Limited, one of China’s largest utility solar power
plant developers.
The 38 megawatts will be installed across three separate solar
power plants and are in addition to the previously announced 23
megawatts supplied for China’s largest ground-mounted and largest
rooftop projects of 2009. Each installation will utilize Satcon’s
PowerGate Plus 500 kW inverters, the world’s most field-tested and
the proven large scale solar power solution.
The first 10 megawatt Youyu City site will be located in the
Shanxi Provence and will supply power to Shanxi International Power
Solar Power Generation Ltd. Another 10 megawatt Pingluo County
Shizuishan City plant will be located in the Ningxia Hui
Nationality Municipality and will supply power to Ningxia State
Power CSI New Energy Developer Ltd. An additional 20 megawatt site
will be constructed in the first half of the year and is expected
to be energized in late summer.
“These new projects demonstrate the increased momentum of the
utility scale solar marketplace in China,” said Dr. Gu Huamin,
General Manager of GCL Solar Limited. “As we build on this
foundation that has been established over the past year, we must
provide the highest levels of performance, reliability, and value
to our customers. Satcon is an important partner for GCL as we
continue to develop and deliver China’s largest and most advanced
solar power plant facilities.”
“GCL continues be a key driver in the rapid growth of China’s
utility scale solar market,” said Steve Rhoades, Satcon’s President
and Chief Executive Officer. “The increased scope and volume of
these installations highlight the importance of engineering and
construction innovation supported by the worlds most advanced and
reliable technology solutions. With these new power plants, GCL
expands its leadership position in both the China and the global
utility scale solar market. We are excited and honored to be a
valued partner to GCL as we work together to help make China become
one of the world’s leading utility scale solar power producing
countries.”
About Satcon
Satcon Technology Corporation is the leading provider of utility
scale power solutions for the renewable energy market, enabling the
industry’s most advanced reliable and proven clean energy
alternatives. For over 24 years, Satcon has designed and delivered
the next generation of efficient energy systems for solar
photovoltaic, stationary fuel cells, and energy storage systems. To
learn more about Satcon, please visit www.Satcon.com .
About GCL Solar Limited
GCL Solar Limited, part of the GCL Group, is located in Nanjing
China and covers an area of more than 330 thousand square meter of
PV base. The company has established business academicians’
workstations and post-doctoral research station. GCL Solar has a
complete professional engineering and technical personnel of more
than 300 people that has project implementation experience with
strong solar technology of research and development, engineering
design, equipment manufacturing, systems integration and turn-key
project of PV power plant.
GCL Solar Limited specializes in consulting, design, system
integration and total project contracting services of all kinds of
solar system, such as medium and large sized of on--grid solar
power plants, small--scale off--grid power PV systems, PV/wind
power hybrid generating system, BIPV, BAPV rooftop systems
engineering project and so on. The company has successful completed
the largest PV power plant (20MW) on the ground and the largest
BAPV (3MW) project in China that is guided by General Manager Dr.
Gu Huamin since 2009.
To learn more about GCL Solar limited, please visit
www.gcl-eng.com or www.gcl-solar.cn.
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