China-based JinkoSolar Holding Co, a leading manufacturer of photovoltaic products, has supplied 23MW of high-efficiency potential induced degradation (PID)-free Eagle solar modules to a project in Jordan.

Located 125 miles north of the Jordanian capital in Ma'an, the 23MW solar park uses 73,320 pieces of JinkoSolar high-efficiency Eagle modules. The project has been completed and is expected to produce approximately 47 GWh/year for the Red Sea port city of Aqaba and reduce CO2 emissions by about 25,000 tonnes/year.

This project marks the first large scale project in the Middle East and is one of the 12 approved PV projects by the Jordanian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. It is backed by a 20-year power purchase agreement with the National Electrical Power Transmission Company (Nepco).

Enerray, an Italian subsidiary of Maccaferri Industrial Group, along with Desert Technologies (DT), a Saudi Arabia-based renewable energy engineering and construction contractor, have acted as turn-key engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) and operation and maintenance (O&M) contractors for this project, said a statement from the company.

Michele Scandellari, CEO, Enerray SpA, said: “Thanks to this great project our company will achieve once again its efficiency and quality standards which are all along part of company's targets.”

“An evidence of this strategy is the selection of JinkoSolar and SMA as suppliers. A few weeks ago we completed the plant and we connected it to mains of the port city of Aqaba. Thanks to the joint venture with DT Technologies, the company aims at establishing its rank as market leader also in the Middle East market,” he added.

Nour Mousa, CEO, Desert Technologies, said: “We are proud of development and investment work, realised together with our partner, Enerray SpA and in this way we are beginning the construction of the plant.”

“This project is the first one with a network of over 1.5 GW in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), from Morocco to Saudi Arabia,” he said.

Gulnara Abdullina, general manager - Middle East and Africa (MEA), JinkoSolar, said: “We are extremely excited to have provided our leading technology to the first large-scale utility project in the Middle East.”

“We believe this is the first step in developing a long-term relationship with such a prominent player in the region as Enerray and DT,” he said.

“We also believe that the Jordanian market is leading the way in the adoption of solar energy in the region. Its current programme has incentivised other governments to join the club,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service