PS Cafayate Solar PV Park is a 100.1MW solar PV power project. It is located in Salta, Argentina. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in July 2019.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Solar PV | 100.1 | 100.1 | – | Active | Salta, Argentina | Canadian Solar; Isolux Ingenieria |
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Description
The project was developed by Canadian Solar and Isolux Ingenieria. The project is currently owned by Canadian Solar with a stake of 100%.
PS Cafayate Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project which is spread over an area of 180 hectares.
The project generates 239,696MWh of electricity. The project cost is $150m.
Development Status
The project got commissioned in July 2019.
Power Purchase Agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Cammesa under a power purchase agreement. The power is sold at the rate of $0.056kWh for a period of 20 years, starting from 2019. The contracted capacity is 80MW.
Contractors Involved
PowerChina Guizhou Engineering was selected to render EPC services for the solar PV power project.
Canadian Solar was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company provided 289,800 modules each with 345W of nameplate capacity.
Sungrow Power Supply supplied its SG3125HV inverters to the project site.
About Canadian Solar
Canadian Solar Inc (Canadian Solar) is a provider of solar energy solutions. The company designs, develops and manufactures solar ingots, wafers, modules, cells, and other solar power products. Its broad range of solar modules find application in residential, commercial and industrial solar power generation systems; and specialty solar products include customized solar modules that customers incorporate into their own products such as portable solar home systems. Canadian Solar serves distributors, project developers, system integrators and installers and EPC companies across Asia, America, Europe and other regions. It has manufacturing facilities in China, Taiwan, Canada, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia, and offices across the world. Canadian Solar is headquartered in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
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