Hanwha Solutions the Qcells division (hereafter Qcells) said on the 10th that it carried out engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for Atlas Energy Park, one of the largest renewable energy projects in U.S. history, and completed the sale of a portion of the asset.
Atlas Energy Park, located in La Paz County, Arizona, is a complex energy campus consisting of 14 solar and energy storage system (ESS) projects. By 2028, a total of 2.8 gigawatts (GW) of solar power plants and 5.7 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of ESS facilities will be built.
Atlas Energy Park is slated to be built on a total site of 63.66 square kilometers. That is 22 times the size of Seoul's Yeouido.
Qcells plans to take exclusive charge of EPC for all projects within Atlas Energy Park and supply all modules to be installed in the solar projects. Two solar power plants with a total capacity of 357 megawatts (MW), for which it handled everything from initial development to EPC, were sold in May.
Qcells operates the Solar Hub, a solar manufacturing complex in Georgia, and procures modules and ESS equipment locally. Based on a local supply chain, it has continued its solar and ESS EPC business in the United States. Qcells said the scale of projects completed or underway in North America through this year exceeds 11 GW for solar and 6 GWh for ESS.
Chris Hodrick, head of EPC at Qcells, said, "Atlas Energy Park is a symbolic project that once again proves Qcells' EPC execution capabilities, U.S. local supply chain, and end-to-end business capabilities from development to construction and asset sale," and added, "We will continue to lead the growth of the North American renewable energy market by enhancing customer value and business competitiveness with integrated solutions that combine solar and ESS."