Canadian Solar has revealed that it was one of the principal module suppliers for SunEdison’s recently-completed 70MW plant in Rovigo, Italy. Rovigo will power 16,500 homes in northeast Italy and has been labelled by SunEdison as the largest single-operating PV solar power plant in Europe.
“The impressive scale of this milestone European PV project is a direct testament to the high-quality work by SunEdison and its partners, including Canadian Solar,” said Dr. Shawn Qu, Canadian Solar’s chairman and CEO. “We are proud that Canadian Solar's modules were selected to be a part of this major project due to our proven track record of high quality and reliability.
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“Canadian Solar has already deployed over 1GW of modules around the world in the last eight years. We look forward to continuing to work with our customers, such as SunEdison, to promote the expansion of solar energy worldwide.”
Funding for the €276 million project came from a range of European banks, including Banco Santander, Societe Generale and Credit Agricole.
