First Solar to equip 18.3 MW of Obton's Dutch solar parks

First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) on Monday announced a deal to deliver 18.32 MW of photovoltaic (PV) modules for projects developed by Danish renewables investor and asset manager Obton.

More specifically, 156,000 units of the First Solar Series 4 modules will be powering two solar parks in the municipality of Stadskanaal, the Netherlands. The start of construction activities for the first project, with a direct current (DC) capacity of 13.92 MW, was launched on Monday. Obton expects to bring online the smaller 4.4-MW DC plant in the middle of next year.

According to the developer, the output of the PV parks is expected to help save 6,200 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per year.

The two projects will be implemented under the Netherlands’ Encouraging Sustainable Energy Production (SDE+) programme, the goal of which is to promote renewables and lower the country’s dependence on fossil fuels. For Obton, they will mark its entry into the Dutch market as an independent power producer.

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