China-based integrated PV module manufacturer Wuxi Suntech Power has recently confirmed that that it provided PV modules to India’s first solar-wind hybrid project in Kavithal, India, which was built by Hero Future Energies.
According to PV Tech report Suntech noted that it provided a total of 28.8MW of V series multicrystalline modules to the project. The company has been supplying modules to the Indian market since 2010.
In an previous report PV Tech reported the completion of India’s first large-scale solar and wind energy hybrid project, which included an existing 50MW wind farm, combined with a new 28.8MW PV power plant.
The project’s evacuation capacity would remain at 50MW, since to the primary aim was to handle grid-integration concerns around variable power coming from renewable energy in the Kavithal, Raichur District.