South Korea: Mega Solar Project
BP Solar and S-Energy of the Republic of Korea aim to create a landmark endorsement project, the ‘Asia-Pacific Partnership Mega Solar Project’. The project is scalable from 10MW to 100MW over a multiyear period. As a distributed generator this solar project will bring value to the electricity network and local economy across the country in addition to the valuable technology transfer and accelerated development.

Date Implemented: 2007

Status: In Force

Targets: The project aspires to generate 120GWh/year of clean electricity, power 20,000 Republic of Korean homes, avoid 120,000 tonnes of CO2/year and 25MW of network peak upgrades, and create new skilled installation and manufacturing jobs (assuming maximum 100MW scale).

References: http://www.asiapacificpartnership.org/REDGTFProjects.htm

http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/fs/2006/75369.htm