Owned and operated by Thai oil company Bangchak Petroleum Public Co and integrated by Solartron Public Co, the power plant will be located just outside of Bangkok.
Anusorn Sangnimnuan, CEO of Bangchak Petroleum Public Co, said: “Renewable energy technologies are an integral component of Bangchak’s long-term development strategy. We look forward to building our partnership with Suntech to develop more utility-scale solar projects in Southeast Asia.”
Suntech claims that upon completion in late 2011, the power plant will represent a milestone in Thailand’s ambitious goal to source 20% of its energy consumption from renewable sources by 2022.
Solartron provides Thailand and neighboring countries with alternative clean energy sources of photovoltaic energy. It offers design, engineering, installation, commissioning, monitoring, maintenance and after-sale services. It has so far provided more than 250,000 solar application systems in the Southeast Asia region.
