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• 03.12.2010
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Setia Solar Park – the 2.5 MW High-Performance Photovoltaic Power Plant – Will Save No Less Than 2,400 Tons of CO2 per Year
Canadian Solar (Nasdaq: CSIQ), one of the world’s largest solar companies, announces the completion of the Setia Solar Park, designed and built in its entirety by partner company INGAETA, who have been operating for over twenty years in the industrial plant sector.
Setia Solar Park, a 2.5 MW project in Sezze Romano, near the Italian city of Latina, on the fertile plains south of Rome. The photovoltaic project covers a surface area of 48,500 m2 and guarantees average annual production of 3.4 million kWh, enough to power around 1,200 homes.
With its installation of Canadian Solar CS6A-P 180-185 modules, Setia Solar Park will save no less than 2,400 tons of carbon dioxide per year. In addition, there are only two distribution transformers on the site, so its impact on the local landscape is minimal, thus helping to maintain the integrity of the surrounding Pontine marshes.
“We chose Canadian Solar, for more than a third of the park’s overall output, because of their market position and the excellent quality of their products,” said INGAETA Sales Director Marco Gaeta. “Our decision to use the CS6A-P modules allows us to continue with our twenty-year tradition of the highest levels of engineering creativity. Thanks also to Canadian Solar’s high-performance modules, we will be producing clean, renewable energy. Canadian Solar helped us to achieve the best production figures and the highest efficiency in investment terms, with considerable savings on costs.”
Each of the 44 sections of Setia Solar Park will be monitored individually, at a local level as well as remotely, using a system developed by INGAETA themselves.
“We highly appreciate the cooperation with INGAETA and are very pleased about this big joint project, which reveals another example for a high-performance photovoltaic plant,” said Marco Di Pietro, Canadian Solar Country Manager for Italy. “Setia Solar Park uses Canadian Solar modules which are the right size and efficiency for the specific requirements of this project and, at the same time, provides advanced performance, thus ensuring effective and most importantly, uninterrupted output energy production.”
As well as its sheer size, Setia Solar Park stands out in terms of the innovative security features installed to protect the photovoltaic modules against theft. As well as traditional protection devices, such as anti-theft screws, each module is individually protected by a fibre-optic system which on even the slightest attempt to remove it, interrupts a ray of light, which in turn sets off an alarm.
Setia Solar Park, a 2.5 MW project in Sezze Romano, near the Italian city of Latina, on the fertile plains south of Rome. The photovoltaic project covers a surface area of 48,500 m2 and guarantees average annual production of 3.4 million kWh, enough to power around 1,200 homes.
With its installation of Canadian Solar CS6A-P 180-185 modules, Setia Solar Park will save no less than 2,400 tons of carbon dioxide per year. In addition, there are only two distribution transformers on the site, so its impact on the local landscape is minimal, thus helping to maintain the integrity of the surrounding Pontine marshes.
“We chose Canadian Solar, for more than a third of the park’s overall output, because of their market position and the excellent quality of their products,” said INGAETA Sales Director Marco Gaeta. “Our decision to use the CS6A-P modules allows us to continue with our twenty-year tradition of the highest levels of engineering creativity. Thanks also to Canadian Solar’s high-performance modules, we will be producing clean, renewable energy. Canadian Solar helped us to achieve the best production figures and the highest efficiency in investment terms, with considerable savings on costs.”
Each of the 44 sections of Setia Solar Park will be monitored individually, at a local level as well as remotely, using a system developed by INGAETA themselves.
“We highly appreciate the cooperation with INGAETA and are very pleased about this big joint project, which reveals another example for a high-performance photovoltaic plant,” said Marco Di Pietro, Canadian Solar Country Manager for Italy. “Setia Solar Park uses Canadian Solar modules which are the right size and efficiency for the specific requirements of this project and, at the same time, provides advanced performance, thus ensuring effective and most importantly, uninterrupted output energy production.”
As well as its sheer size, Setia Solar Park stands out in terms of the innovative security features installed to protect the photovoltaic modules against theft. As well as traditional protection devices, such as anti-theft screws, each module is individually protected by a fibre-optic system which on even the slightest attempt to remove it, interrupts a ray of light, which in turn sets off an alarm.
