Hanwha constructs the nation’s largest roof-top solar power plant
On November 29th, Hanwha SolarEnergy held a completion ceremony for the nation’s largest roof-top solar power plant at the Hanwha TechM factory located in Changwon, Korea. Many officials including Hyun Chung Kim of Hanwha SolarEnergy and Nam Kyu Kim of Hanwha TechM attended the ceremony.
Hanwha SolarEnergy’s 1st solar power plant is set up on the roof of Hanwha TechM factory in Changwon with an electrical generation capacity of 2.24MW. This is the largest scale among those roof-top plants operating in the nation. The electricity produced will be provided to Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. LTD, as a part of the RPS system (Renewable Portfolio Standard) beginning 2012.
2.24MW is more than enough quantity to supply electricity to 750 households at the same time, which has the same CO2 reduction effect as planting over 60 thousands trees.
Constructing solar power plants has been accused of causing loss of available land area because it has been done with estate development, such as mountains, woods and fields, etc. However, roof-top solar power plants constructed by Hanwha SolarEnergy are commended for utilizing idle space of buildings into power plants, which can create positive effects in environmental and economic terms.
Furthermore, Hanwha SolarEnergy has also constructed and began operations for a second solar power plant of 789KW-capacity on the roof of Hanwha Corporation factory located in Gumi, Korea.
Beginning with the construction of roof-top solar power plants in Changwon and Gumi, Hanwha SolarEnergy will push forward construction of solar power plants by utilizing factory rooftops in industrial complexes, where energy needs are great. These activities are significant, as they are pioneering activities in the solar development business field.
CEO Hyun Chung Kim said, “As Hanwha SolarEnergy has taken on solar power development business which completes the vertical integration of Hanwha Group’s solar business, the construction of two solar power plants will secure over 1GW by 2015 and we will become a global leading company in the field.”
Hanwha has a complete vertical integration from Polysilicon, ingot, wafer, solar cell and module to solar power generation system and plans to secure global competitiveness in the solar power field, which is seen as a significant new renewable energy.
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