Canadian Solar Inc. today announced that the company has supplied 10MW of PV Modules to Soroti Photovoltaic Plant in Uganda.
The Soroti plant consists of 32,000 pieces of Canadian Solar poly panels. The 10MW solar system generates clean, low-carbon electricity for 40,000 homes, schools and businesses in the area.
The project was developed in 2016 under the Global Energy Transfer cooperation program - Feed in Tariff ("GET FiT"). The project was executed by TSK (Spain).
"We are happy to be part of the energy transition on the African continent. Africa is one of the best places on earth for solar energy. At the same time, we hope the solar energy development there will also stimulate the economy and create jobs locally," Commented by Dr. Shawn Qu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Solar.