According to industry sources on May 21, Korea Southern Power plans to develop a large-scale solar power plant in the Munnae-myeon area of Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do. The project aims to complete the solar power plant on approximately 1.4 million pyeong (4.79 km²) of land by June 2028.
On May 20, Korea Southern Power selected a preferred bidder for the EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) contract for this project. Hanwha Q CELLS plans to install about 640,000 solar modules using cells produced domestically.
The solar cells and modules supplied for this project will be entirely produced at Hanwha Q CELLS' largest manufacturing facility located in Jincheon, Chungbuk.
Yoo Jae-yeol, head of Hanwha Q CELLS' Korea division, stated, "By supplying high-efficiency solar cells and modules made in Korea for this large-scale project, we have an opportunity to demonstrate the technological competitiveness of our solar industry. Especially with the government's policies to expand renewable energy and the ongoing trend to utilize domestically produced products, we expect positive impacts on the restoration of the domestic solar industry ecosystem and increased related investments."
He added, "We hope this project will revitalize the solar market, which has been stagnant, and establish a virtuous cycle leading to increased investments and job creation, laying the foundation for the growth of South Korea's renewable energy industry."
Meanwhile, Hanwha Q CELLS has launched a solar module recycling initiative called EcoRecycle by Q CELLS in the United States, operating a recycling center near the solar hub in Cartersville, Georgia, capable of processing up to 500,000 discarded modules annually. The company is actively expanding its business both domestically and internationally, providing resource recycling solutions.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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