Conergy to expand South Korea PV plant

Hamburg, Germany-based Conergy has received a contract to expand a South Korean solar photovoltaic power plant to 24 megawatts right after completing construction of the plant, which currently generates 19.6 MW.

The add-on order from South Korea's Dongyang Engineering & Construction for the plant in SinAn is valued at €20 million. Conergy expects to complete the boost in capacity to 24 MW by the end of this year.

Conergy completed construction of the first phase of the plant in 14 months for €90 million.

"The construction of what is currently Asia's largest photovoltaic plant is pioneering for the renewable energies industry in our country," said Jihun Kim, CEO of Conergy Korea.

"With its completion we are ringing in a new era of Korean energy supply."

Conergy said it set up the plant as a turnkey solution and brought it on grid six months ahead of schedule. The facility can produce 27,000 megawatt hours per year of electricity, which the company said is enough energy for more than 6,000 households.

In January, Conergy's Epuron unit announced that it would sell three of its Australian wind developments to Origin Energy, Australia's No. 2 power retailer (see Epuron selling 3 wind projects to Origin Energy).

The three projects, all in New South Wales, have development consent to produce up to 30 MW of electricity each.

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