Delivery will be completed in the fourth quarter.

The 12bn yuan ($1.9bn) deal is one ofthree tenders in the second phase of a state-backed demonstration projectspanning 200sq km in the northeast province of Hebei.

Last month, Chinese PV manufacturerYingli agreed to supply 28MW of solar panels for the state-backed project, which isdesigned to integrate 500MW of wind and 100MW of PV with different storage andgrid technologies.