Sun Edison to Build the largest Solar Project in Brazil

MEMC Electronic Materials Inc's subsidiary Sun Edison has announced that they will build a 1.1 MW Solar PV Project in Brazil, which will become the largest Solar Project in the country, once completed. The Solar Project will be developed for Petroleo Brasileiro SA. aka PETROBRAS, the country’s state-controlled oil company.

Accorcing to Bloomberg, The Solar Project will be built in Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte in close proximity with a  thermoelectric plant owned by Petrobras. 

Also the plant will utilize 3,672 SunEdison solar panels and is expected to generate 1.65 gigawatt hours of power a year for the grid. According to BNEF, this 1.1 MW Solar Project will be in  tie with 1.1 MW solar project developed by CPFL Energias Renovaveis SA in the state of Sao Paulo.

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