ABB wins $225m order for two South African PV arrays

SunEdison has partnered with China¿s Chint Group for the projects

ABB has won a $225m order to design, build and install two PV arrays totalling 64MW in South Africa, less than a week after SunEdison bagged financing for the projects.

In addition to building the arrays, ABB will also supply much of the kit in-house – including inverters, switchgears, controllers and a substation.

The last major turnkey PV order ABB revealed was earlier this year in Bulgaria, where it delivered two arrays totalling 57MW using modules from Swiss-Chinese manufacturer ILB Helios.

ABB has been among the world’s most eclectic solar-energy investors, having taken stakes in a broad range of technologies. ABB is part-owner of concentrating solar power specialist (CSP) Novatec, which recently brought the world’s first utility-scale CSP plant using linear…

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