Hanwha Q Cells finishes construction of 9.8 MW solar plant in Brandenburg

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Hanwha Q Cells, the world’s number one solar cell producer for 2017 today announced that it has completed construction of a 9.8 MW solar power plant in Brandenburg, Germany.

The Maulbeerwalde solar farm has been developed by German company Green Energy 3000 and Hanwha Q Cells was responsible for EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) and construction funding. Hanwha Q Cells installed more than 34,000 Q.PLUS-G4.1 solar modules of its renowned product brand Q Cells, and finished the entire construction process on the 142,000 square meter site in under 10 weeks. The solar power plant is expected to feed around 10,000 MWh of clean electricity per year into the grid. That will be enough to satisfy the electricity demand of 5,300 households and will save more than 5,000 tons of carbon emissions per year.

The solar power plant in the German federal state of Brandenburg is the latest of many projects that Hanwha Q Cells has successfully constructed as an EPC firm. The company has a track record of more than 1,200 MW of solar systems installed since its foundation in 2012. That includes installations in Germany, Portugal, the U.K., Poland and Turkey which are all delivering reliable returns on investment.

After subsidy cuts for utility-scale solar burdened the business segment over the past couple of years, the market has recently been gaining momentum again.

“Today, utility-scale solar is attractive in many European countries, simply because solar electricity is absolutely price competitive,” says Mauro Di Fiore, Head of the EPC Unit at Hanwha Q Cells GmbH. “The Maulbeerwalde power plant is an excellent example that solar power plants make economic sense in Germany and in many other European countries as well.”

Hanwha Q Cells is currently working on EPC projects in Poland, Turkey, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal.

“The potential is huge,” added Mr. Di Fiore, before emphasizing that “for investors and developers, what counts is that they work with an experienced EPC partner [which] reliably delivers quality components and meets deadlines. Hanwha Q CELLS delivers just that”.