JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China) on April 27th, 2015 announced that it has supplied approximately 3 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules to Embotelladora de Sula S.A. (EMSULA) for Honduras’s largest rooftop solar system, which is also the largest solar PV rooftop project in Central America.
Located in San Pedro Sula, the approximately 3 MW rooftop PV project covers an area of 34,000 m2 and sits on top of a modern production facility for bottled soft drinks, juices and purified water.
3 MW rooftop PV plant to produce 3.8 million kWh of solar power per year
The PV plant is developed by Smartsolar, a company dedicated to the development of PV projects on roofs for commercial and industrial use in Central America. The project was successfully completed in March 2015.
The project uses 11,650 pieces of JinkoSolar’s high-efficiency PV modules that are expected to produce 3,815,830 kWh of solar power per year.
“Energy prices tend to be higher in Central America than elsewhere given the region’s dependence on imported fossil fuels which accounts for 45% of all energy generated. For countries that rely disproportionately on oil for power generation, volatility of energy prices forces people to plan for the medium to long-term, and solar becomes the best substitution of energy,” said Alberto Cuter, JinkoSolar’s Sales Director for Emerging Markets.
“We are proud to supply JinkoSolar modules for this project that makes this rooftop system not only the largest in Central American but also an example to the rest of the region.”
Ramzy Massu, General Manager of Smartsolar added: “We are very proud to work with JinkoSolar on this meaningful project in Central America. This project was 100% designed, supervised and installed by Hondurans. Smartsolar has built the largest rooftop solar system in Central America, placing Honduras on the world map in solar section.”
2015-04-27 | Courtesy: JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd.; Image: Smartsolar | solarserver.com © Heindl Server GmbH
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