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Angola Cables has announced the
completion of the marine survey for the
South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), and
the start of cable loading on the Angolan
side of SACS. When completed, SACS will
interconnect with the Monet cable system
(between the United States and Brazil) and
the West Africa Cable System (WACS).
SACS is a 6,165km, 40Tb per second cable
of four fiber pairs that will connect Angola
to Brazil, linking Africa and the Americas.
Angola Cables is one of 12 members of
the consortium that manages WACS (and
one of its largest shareholders), a cable
system that provides carrier level services
to operators in Angola and sub-Saharan
Africa across 11 countries. A 14,530km
cable running between Yzerfontein (South
Africa) to London, WACS has four fiber pairs
and includes 14 landing points, 12 along
the western coast of Africa and two in
Europe.
Completion of the marine survey
means that final manufacturing can be
completed, and any minor route and/or
cable type adjustments can be fine-tuned
based on the actual survey findings. With
the loading of the pre-laid shore end (PLSE)
the construction of SACS is underway.
CSI New Energy Holding Co Ltd, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc,
has completed the sale of two solar power
plants to Shenzhen Energy Nanjing Holding
Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Shenzhen Energy
Group Co Ltd. The transaction was closed
in March 2017 and the company expects
to recognize revenue from the sale of the
plants when all revenue recognition criteria
have been met.
The plants, both located in China, have a
total capacity of 69.5MW.
“We are pleased to have closed the sale of
two additional solar power plants in China
to Shenzhen Energy,” commented Dr
Shawn Qu, chairman and chief executive
officer of Canadian Solar. “We are well
on track to monetize our operating solar
power plants in China and other countries.
Shenzhen Energy is an important strategic
partner of Canadian Solar, and we look
forward to further expanding our strong
partnershipwith themformoreopportunities
in the future.”
Solar sales
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