Suntech, which holds a minority shareholding in the plant, will supply the panels and manage the installation, which will be completed at the end of 2009.

The Dongtai solar plant will use more than 37,000 The project is expected to be supported by the Jiangsu Province's feed-in-tariff policy that provides 2.15 RMB/kWh for ground-mount solar projects completed in 2009.

Suntech's Chairman and CEO Dr.