The project is being undertaken as a joint venture through the Auburn Hills, Mich.-based company’s United Solar Ovonic Jinneng Limited subsidiary.
"I am pleased to see that the solar PV product of the joint venture between United Solar and us will be installed on the Tianjin West Railway Station," said Jianping Wang, Chairman of United Solar Ovonic Jinneng Limited.
"This project will demonstrate the unique characteristics of our joint venture's flexible thin-film modules in the Chinese PV market," Wang said.
This 565 kW solar product is expected to save more than $118,000 in annual energy costs and will provide a carbon offset of 670 metric tons per year. In addition, the annual energy generation is projected to be over 740MWh per year, enough to supply power to nearly 200 homes.
"United Solar is proud that its UNI-SOLAR-powered PV laminates have been selected to provide solar power to the Tianjin West Railway Station," said Mark Morelli, President and CEO of Energy Conversion Devices, United Solar's parent company.
"This is the largest single installation of our joint venture's product in the Chinese market to date. We are confident that we are well positioned to capitalize on this growing solar market in the future," Morelli said.
Tianjin Jinneng Binhai New Energy Limited is the financial investor in this project and The Third Railway Design Institute is the primary contractor.
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