Hive Energy has won a contract to build a 50MW solar project in Cuba from the Union Electrica de Cuba (UNE).
The company said the project will be the first utility-scale solar facility to be built in Cuba and is expected to generate up to 93GWh of electricity annually.
The project will be built in the Mariel Free zone, a new port that has been designed to act as a regional hub for the island.
It is expected to be completed by 2018.
Hive said the project will be similar in scale to the 48MW PV solar farm in Southwick on the Hampshire coast.
Hive Energy chief executive officer Giles Redpath said: “We are excited and delighted to be working with Cuba’s UNE to support their plans for a future powered by renewable energy.”
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