The world's largest BIPV project completed in China

The world's largest building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) project was completed in China.

Hefei, China-based Sungrow is supplying inverters for a 120MW BIPV project in Jiangxi Province, China.

Located on the roof of the ceramics production facility, the system consists of 11 individual rooftops covering 665,000 square meters and will provide the facility with 100% renewable electricity.

The first phase of the project will come online in June 2022 and is the “world’s largest” BIPV project to date, according to the Chinese manufacturer.

China will become one of the leading countries in the deployment of BIPV systems in the Asia-Pacific region, and the global market is expected to reach a staggering US$100 billion by 2031.

“While this market is still in its infancy, this 120-MW plant is a milestone in the history of BIPV,” said James Wu, Vice President of Sungrow.

Earlier this year, the Chinese inverter maker opened a 10GW inverter factory in India to cater to the country's fast-growing solar PV market and expand its production facilities in Asia with inverter launches scheduled for 2021. Nearly 50GW of inverters have been shipped.

In May last year, Sungrow signed a 2GW distribution agreement with Australian distributor Solar Juice to supply photovoltaic inverters and battery energy storage products, further expanding the Chinese inverter manufacturer's influence in Australia.