Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE)
("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), the largest
vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") module manufacturer in the
world, known as "Yingli Solar", today announced that it will supply
54 MW of solar modules to seven projects in the United Kingdom
("U.K.") that are developed by Grid Essence UK Ltd., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Grid Essence Holdings Ltd.
The Company's multicrystalline YGE Series modules will be
installed in ground-mounted solar projects located in the south of England and
Wales. Construction has already begun, and modules will be delivered between
February and March 2014. Scheduled for grid connection by the end of Q1 2014,
the seven solar power plants will generate an estimated total of 54,500 MWh of
green electricity per year.