Senegal: Yingli Solar to build 2MW solar plant

China’s Yingli Green Energy Holding Company’s wholly owned subsidiary Yingli Green Energy Spain has signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract with Senelec to build a 2MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Dakar. The facility will supply power to the new Diamniadio international conference centre, which will host the 15th Francophonie summit in November. Yingli will supply the PV modules for the project, which is expected to produce 3.7MWh/yr.