Supermarket chain Big C and Schneider Electric Vietnam have inked a deal
for cooperation in a renewable energy project ‘Solar Photovoltaic Power 212
kWp’ worth more than VND11 billion.
Under the deal, a solar power
system of 212 kilowatts-peak will be installed on the roof of the car park of
Big C supermarket/shopping center in Di An, Binh Duong, which is currently
under construction and will come into business in early 2013.
The system will be directly
connected to the grid of the shopping center. Each year, it will produce about
230,000 kWh of electricity, meeting 7% of the total power demand of the center,
and reduce emission of carbon dioxide by over 150 tons.
The entire project will be
covered by a five-year warranty, while the warranty period will be ten years
for the photovoltaic module system and 25 years for all electrical equipment.
Maintenance work will be carried out once every two months for five years.
This is the first
supermarket/shopping center in Vietnam to deploy a national-scale solar power
project with a total investment of over VND11 billion and a payback period of
ten years.
It is also the first commercial
center in the country to apply the U.S. green building rating system LEED and
the environmental assessment standards LOTUS of Vietnam. With other green
technologies applied, Big C Di An will cut power consumption by over 30%
compared to a conventional shopping mall.
Laurent Zecri, CEO of Big C
Vietnam, said the use of solar power would help reduce the load on the national
grid and would be an effective measure to protect the environment.
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