Soltec Renewable Energies is opening its first tracker factory in Bahia, Brazil, South America. The factory will cater to the high demand of the country and the rest of South America. This new factory in Brazil and the two factories that the company already has in Spain and China will increase the production capacity of Soltec from 1.2 GW to 1.5 GW per year. Moreover, the opening of new offices in Mexico and Peru will help to expand Soltec’s presence in South American region.
“With the gained experience in Chile, we want to focus on our production in Brazil, where we are participating in competitive propositions for several hundred megawatts. Simultaneously, we will continue our expansion in Latin-America, Canada and United States. Next week Soltec will be at Solar Power International at Anaheim, California”, says Raúl Morales, Soltec’s CEO.
During the last 18 months, Soltec has mounted 5 solar plants that will amount to 350 MW by the end of the year 2015. The company is forecasting the manufacture and installation of 600 to 800 MW for 2016, with the goal of producing just over 1.2 GW annually by 2018.
“The quality of our product makes us very optimistic for 2016. The market is very active and we are participating in competitive processes of great importance. As leaders in the supply and installation of solar trackers in the Chilean market, our goal is to establish and consolidate ourselves in the same way in all South America”, says Fernando Sánchez, Soltec´s General Manager in Latin-America.
