EDPR dives into solar energy with 39MW Suntech module order

Portugal’s EDP Renováveis (EDPR) has ordered up 39MW of solar modules from China’s Suntech, as Europe’s second largest wind farm operator pushes into the PV sector sooner than expected.

The panels will be installed at four ground-mounted PV parks under construction in Romania, all expected to be brought on line by early 2013.

EDPR says it has brought forward its strategy of diversifying into “new renewable technologies” – a step it had not planned to take until at least 2014. The company owns wind farms totaling more than 7GW around the world, and, among European companies, is second only to Spain’s Iberdrola in terms of installed capacity.

In August EDPR, working alongside Spain's Repsol, became the first developer to

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