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Tuesday, September 07 2021 - 16:12
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Arctech to Supply 2.1GW SkySmart II Trackers for the Largest PV Power Plant in the Middle East
SHANGHAI, Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Arctech, the world's leading tracking, racking, and BIPV solutions provider, 
announced that it had signed a 2.1GW trackers supply agreement with China 
Machinery Engineering Corporation (hereafter "CMEC") on 3rd September, for Al 
Dhafra PV2 PV power plant in Abu Dhabi, UAE. When completed, the plant will be 
the largest of its kind in the Middle East, and can supply enough electricity 
to power 160,000 local families while offsetting emissions by more than 3.6 
million tons of CO(2)/year.

The project site is abundant in sunlight; however, its inclement natural 
conditions of high temperature, raging sandstorms and highly corrosive 
environment propose harsh requirements for the reliability of tracking systems. 
After a thorough assessment, Arctech was selected as the tracker supplier and 
the project will adopt Arctech's flagship product SkySmart II, the first 
IEC-certificated multi-point parallel drive tracking system, which can cope 
with the harsh natural environment and reduce the cost per KWh of the project 
significantly.

At the supply agreement signing ceremony, Arctech and CMEC also signed a 
framework agreement on strategic cooperation. Under the agreement, two 
companies will strengthen in-depth cooperation in global markets based on 
mutual benefits and win-win principles. 

"Founded in 1978, CMEC is a core subsidiary of China National Machinery 
Industry Corporation Ltd (Sinomach), a Global Fortune 500 company, and China's 
first industrial and trading company. As a world-renowned EPC, it enjoys more 
than 40 years of experience in the international engineering industry with 
business covering 47 countries and regions worldwide," said Yan Weihua, General 
Manager of the 4th Complete Plants Division at CMEC. "We are delighted to work 
with Arctech again for another benchmark project under the Belt and Road 
Initiative. In the future, we will further deepen the comprehensive cooperation 
with Arctech, especially in solar energy, BIPV, and other new energy projects, 
for resources sharing and advantages complement, improving the global 
competitiveness ultimately."

Being one of the major suppliers of CMEC, Arctech has partnered with CMEC on 
various PV projects. "To win the largest PV project in the Middle East, Arctech 
invested thousands of hours of engineer resources from offices in China, UAE, 
and Spain, analyzed dozens of tracking system configurations, and submitted 
more than 30,000 pages of technical documents. Fortunately, our efforts were 
highly recognized by CMEC and all the relevant parties, for which I'm truly 
grateful for their trust and support and show my appreciation to our technical, 
sales, and project teams for their hard work." said Guy Rong, President of 
Global Business at Arctech. "Now it's time to deliver our commitments to 
product quality, on-time delivery and services. We believe the project will be 
successfully connected to the grid on time. Meanwhile, the framework agreement 
signed today also shows that Arctech and CMEC share extensive common interests 
and cooperation intentions. We will actively strive to deepen cooperation in 
more new energy projects and create more values by applying innovative 
technologies."

SOURCE: Arctech

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