Solarta Nakhon Pathom Solar Plant

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Solarta, a joint venture between Yanhee Solar (51%) and Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Public Company Ltd (49%), was developing the 12.4MW solar plant in Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand. Total size of the project is 268,500 m2. The project held a 5 year PPA with automatic renewal. The EPC contracts were awarded to Conenergy, which cooperated with local 'systems integrator' Annex Power. Conergy is also the equipment supplier, supplying: 56,000 Conergy PowerPlus Premium modules 56 kilometers of Conergy SolarLinea mounting systems 200 Conergy IPG 15T string inverters 25 IPG 300C central inverters Commissioning occurred in 2012. The project uses "Conergy Output Insurance", providing 3rd party insurance on 90% of the output for 10 years. No commissioning date was available, but the Conergy website portraits a picture of the solar plant in operation. Noted here is the plant became operational December 2012 - also the estimated Financial Closure date. Total project cost was unavailable, but estimated at US$1.5 million per MW, or US$18.6 million. http://singapore.conergy.com/PortalData/1/Resources/singapore/solar_installations/solar_farms/references/Solarta_12_N.pdf http://www.conergy.us/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-183/468_read-801/ http://ratch.listedcompany.com/misc/PRESN/20121114-RATCH-analystMeeting3Q2012-02.pdf