Among thelargest PV arrays in the world, AVSE2 soaked up more than 600,000 modulessupplied by Japanese rivals Hyundai Heavy Industries and Kyocera, the latter ofwhich owns a PV production facility in San Diego.

The USsolar EPC arena has grown increasingly competitive, with players like Fluor,Bechtel and First Solar vying for large projects.

Fluorre-entered the sector a few years ago by building the 20MW Copper Crossingproject for Iberdrola, also in Arizona, and it is currently building the 170MWCentinela project for LS Power in California, using Yingli modules.

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