juwi Completes 135 MW Utility-Scale Solar Park in Karnataka

Further, the project is expected to generate over 226 million kilowatt-hours of power every year, enough to avoid the emission of 122,743 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually.

One of the leading renewable energy development company, juwi group has completed the construction of a 135 MW DC utility-scale solar power plant for Energon Soleq Ravi India Power Resources Pvt Ltd.

This 135 MW solar plant covers an area of 243 hectares and is situated near the village of Guttigoli (Belgaum district) in the southern part of Karnataka, India.

Further, the project is expected to generate over 226 million kilowatt-hours of power every year, enough to avoid the emission of 122,743 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually.

Moreover, juwi India will perform the operations and maintenance of the solar power plant along with maintenance, monitoring and reporting services.

With this project, juwi India’s current total O&M portfolio has become 347 MWp and is expected to cross 500 MWp by this year’s end.

Commenting on the development, juwi-COO, Stephan Hansen said, “Utility scale solar PV has become the most cost-effective source of energy in many parts of the world. The juwi group is globally very well positioned and one of the top renewable energy project developer and EPC service providers. The high quality construction of the 135 megawatt solar project emphasizes our striving for operational excellence in EPC.”

Besides, from the South African renewable energy market, the company was able to finalize the contracts for building a portfolio of 250 MW as it has been selected preferred EPC contractor to 3 utility-scale PV projects in bidding round four.

“We are expecting financial close for these projects by the end of July. We also signed the contract with our client for the sale of our self-developed 138-Megawatt wind-farm Garob in the Northern Cape. We are expecting financial close for this project by the end of August”, Hansen said.