Chinese firms to supply PV panels

NEPRA gives licence for setting up solar power plant in Punjab

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ISLAMABAD:

Chinese companies Jinko Solar and JA Solar, together with another company, will provide photovoltaic cells/ panels and other related equipment for establishing a solar photovoltaic power plant with installed capacity of 1.931 megawatts peak (MWp) in Punjab.

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on July 29 granted a generation licence to Gsolar Power (Private) Limited (GSPPL) for its photovoltaic-based solar plant in Mauza Bahuman under Pindi Bhattian tehsil of Hafizabad district in Punjab.

GSPPL will supply/ sell the electricity to Crescent Bahuman Limited as the bulk power consumer.

“The Authority has observed that the company plans to install PV cells/ panels from tier-I manufacturers including Jinko Solar, JA Solar (and) Renesola,” said Nepra documents.

Jinko Solar Holding Co is one of the world’s largest solar panel manufacturers, headquartered in Shanghai. Similarly, JA Solar Holdings is another solar development company based in Shanghai.

The feasibility study shows that the company will be installing a total of 3,576 panels/ modules of 540 Wp each. GSPPL has confirmed that a deal for the purchase of PV cells has been “locked with Jinko Solar”.

THE ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED ON THE CHINA ECONOMIC NET

 

Published in The Express Tribune, August 2nd, 2022.

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