Chinese solar manufacturer LONGi has signed a deal to supply 100.1MW of its modules to renewables developer R.Power for projects in its native Poland.
The modules will be deployed across a series of projects across the country, R.Power said, of which it has upwards of 50 at various stages of development. The total capacity of its development pipeline currently stands at around 8GWp.
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LONGi did not specify which technology the modules would be, only calling them “advanced”, though the company has recently revealed its Hi-MO 7 solar module, based on hybrid passivated dual-junction cell technology.
“LONGi has a strong presence in Europe as one of the main leaders in photovoltaic energy distribution, and, as such, contemplates ambitious goals as it continues its European expansion, and these kinds of collaborations are key,” Gulnara Abdullina, vice president of LONGi Europe said.
In July, R.Power announced plans to develop 1GW worth of solar PV in Romania alongside the Eiffel Investment Group, a French asset manager. This followed a successful €150 million fundraising initiative in February to support its European growth plans.
One of the fastest-growing European PV markets, Poland has seen a number of deals signed recently. Lightsource bp signed a power purchase agreement with Microsoft for one of its Polish plants last week, whilst Nexun – a portfolio company of infrastructure investor Marguerite – announced a co-development plan for 206MW of Polish solar a few days prior. In August, French independent power producer Qair secured financing for three Polish PV farms with a total capacity of 130MW.
PV Tech Premium examined Poland’s solar ascendency in a two-part feature earlier this year.
