JA Solar equips PV portion of 133 MW South Korean wind-solar hybrid project

JA Solar has supplied modules for South Korea's largest mountainous photovoltaic power plant project, which is installed with a capacity of 93 MW and built on the ground of an existing 40 MW wind farm. With the incorporation of the photovoltaic power plant, the wind-solar hybrid project has become the largest of its kind in South Korea with a total installed capacity of 133 MW.

The entire wind-solar hybrid project is expected to generate 120 million kWh of electricity per year, which will meet the needs of about 30,000 households and bring annual revenue of about KRW30 billion (US$25.3 million). The PV power plant is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 56,000 tons per year, equivalent to 310,000 pine trees being planted.

This project uses the spare land of the wind farm for the installation of the photovoltaic power plant to meet the South Korean market's growing demand for clean energy while effectively raising the utilization of the land. With this novel application of wind and solar energy generation, power supply reliability is improved and the costs reduced.