The company will collaborate with China’s biggest module maker, Suntech, on projects in the northwest province of Qinghai.

It hopes to build “around 50MW” in China this year, and a couple of hundred megawatts in the following years, Wirsol co-founder Stefan Riel tells Recharge.

China’s solar market took off in 2011, with a national feed-in tariff triggering massive investments. The surge in growth comes as European markets slow, after cuts to government subsidies.

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