Oct 30, 2013 12:14pm

Hanergy Solar building 19 MW solar plant in US, filing says

Hanergy Solar Group Ltd. (00566.HK) expects its acquisition of United States-based Columbia Solar Energy LLC (CSE) to be completed before Nov. 25, it said in a filing to the stock exchange Wednesday. CSE is developing the 19-megawatt Agua Caliente solar plant in Pittsburg, California, the filing said. The plant is expected to begin operation in late 2014. In addition, CSE has signed a 20-year contract to sell all its electricity output.

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Hanergy Solar building 19 MW solar plant in US, filing says

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