Yingli Solar provides multicrystalline PV modules to Solarcentury

Photovoltaic module manufacturer Yingli Green Energy (Yingli Solar) has provided 10MW multicrystalline PV modules to UK-based solar company Solarcentury.

As per the agreed terms, the company has completed the delivery of around 40,000 PV modules, as of February-end.

The units will be deployed on the Isle of Sheppey, east of London, UK.

The plant, which will produce approximately 10,000MWh of electricity per year, is being acquired by the Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF).

In July 2013, BSIF had bought £140m of solar assets in the UK, as advised by Bluefield Partners.

Solarcentury COO Matthew Boulton said, "Solarcentury looks back on a strong partnership built on trust with Yingli Green Energy for more than five years with the intention to deepen the collaboration moving forward."

Yingli Green Energy UK Business Development director Ramin Dilmaghanian said, "As a strategic partner in the UK, we look forward to continuing our cooperation with Solarcentury, a company that has been around since the early days of the solar industry."

Yingli Green Energy chairman and CEO Liansheng Miao said, "With roughly 2.5 GW of solar capacity in place in the UK, the country is set to become the largest solar market in Europe."

Solarcentury COO Matthew Boulton said, "Solarcentury looks back on a strong partnership built on trust with Yingli Green Energy for more than five years with the intention to deepen the collaboration moving forward."

Based in Baoding, China, Yingli Green Energy operates over 20 regional subsidiaries and branch offices, and has to date distributed more than 8,000 MW PV modules to its customers.