Satcon Selected by Q-Cells for the Second Largest Solar Plant in North America
Date: 10/05/2011
Company: Satcon Technology Corporation
Source: MarketWatch
BOSTON, Oct 05, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Satcon Technology Corporation(R) SATC -3.42% , a leading provider of utility-scale power conversion solutions for the renewable energy market, today announced that it has been selected by Q-Cells North America to supply an additional 40 megawatts (MW) of their Prism Platform solutions for the Starwood project in Sault St Marie, Ontario.
The Starwood projects are contracted under the Renewable Energy Standard Offer Program (RESOP) developed and overseen by the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) and will connect to local utility PUC Distribution, Inc. The combined 60MW project, when complete, will be the second largest in North America and among the largest in the world.
Q-Cells will deploy a combination of eight 1.25 megawatt Equinox Prism Platforms and twenty-four 1.25 megawatt Solstice Prism Platform solutions. Prism Platform is Satcon’s turnkey utility-grade multi-megawatt building block, complete with factory integrated step-up transformers, MV disconnect switches, and power conversion electronics.
