Solar farm goes on-stream in Korat

The 7.5-megawatt solar power plant was built by Sonnedix with the support of Assyce Fotovoltaica and Ch Karnchang Group, using about 95,000 of First Solar’s innovative, thin-film solar modules. 

Covering about 20 hectares, the Nakhon Ratchasima Solar Farm can supply enough electricity to meet the annual needs of about 5,100 average Thai homes. It is expected to generate more than 10,500 megawatt hours of clean, green electricity per year, offsetting carbon dioxide emissions of more than 6,500 tons a year. 

 “As a global solar independent power producer, whose management has an extensive track record of more than 15 years in Asia, we are confident that this project, our first to become operational in Thailand, will serve as a strong base for our strategy of developing and building utility-size world-class solar farms and large rooftop solar power plants,” said Sonnedix chairman Franck Constant.”

 “The completion of the Nakhon Ratchasima Solar Farm is a considerable achievement and supports our commitment, shared with the Thai government, of reducing fossil fuel dependence and greenhouse gas emissions,” said Jack Curtis, First Solar vice president, sales and business development. “We believe that this project and others like it in Thailand will greatly benefit from our low-cost, environmentally leading technology, which has the smallest carbon footprint of any current PV technology.”

“We are delighted to have partnered with the Sonnedix Group on this project in Thailand and to be working with Thai authorities as they increasingly adopt utility-scale PV solar as a clean, affordable source of renewable energy,” said Kevin Berkemeyer, First Solar senior manager for business development.