Dec. 18, 2012 - BYD Company Limited announced that BYD will supply 110MW of solar modules - a total of around 458,000 solar modules to South Africa for the two projects. By contributing 75MW to one of the largest solar station in South Africa and also the largest projectof BYD, BYD has supplied continually solar modules to Africa since November.The total 110MW solar projects are under the South Africa's first Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPP). BYD also will continue tosupport the project developers development South Africa phase II and phase III projects.
Tom Zhao, General Manager of BYD's PV Department, stated: "South Africa is heading down the road of becoming one of the leading countries in the solar energy realm, and we're glad to have joined this journey.
Our latest important project with partner is the REIPP (Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program) in South Africa, and that project will help satisfy the demand for energy safety there.The large-scale solar energy PV power plant is the key to achieve economies of scale and lower the costs of mass solar energy power."
