Canadian Solar Inc has energized four projects totaling 40.2 MWp in the United Kingdom. The plants --Hoplass Solar Park, Christchurch Solar Park, Coombe Solar Park, and Moat Farm Solar Plant -- use Canadian Solar's 60 cell solar modules, CS6P-250|255|260P.
Hoplass Solar Park, located in the city of Pembroke, has a total system size of 10.3 MWp Christchurch Solar Park, located in Christchurch, a total of 18 MWp, Coombe Solar Park in Devon a total of 7.3 MWp and Moat Solar Plant in Retford has a system size of 4.6 MWp. All the power plants started commercial operation before March 30, and are eligible for 1.4 ROC.
"We are pleased to make our contribution to the adoption of clean solar energy in the United Kingdom," said Dr. Shawn Qu, chairman and CEO of
Canadian Solar. "These projects are a good addition to our growing fleet of solar power generation assets that we plan to drop into a YieldCo vehicle in the months ahead."
An additional two solar projects are expected to be connected in the second quarter of 2015. Cumulatively, these six solar projects will produce approximately 50,183 megawatt-hours of electricity per year, which will displace approximately 38,140 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. That's the equivalent of removing more than 7.276 cars from roads in the United Kingdom, according to Canadian Solar.