LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Lightsource BP, Europe's biggestsolar energy developer, will build a 70 megawatt (MW) solarproject for Penn State university in Pennsylvania, the companysaid on Tuesday.
* The project is expected to be complete by July 2020 andwillprovide around 25 percent of the university’s state-wideelectricity demands for 25 years, Lightsource BP said.
* No financial details were released.
* More than 150,000 solar panels will be installed in totalinthree locations near the university campus.
* Lightsource has been ramping up investments in the UnitedStatesand last year bought a 135 MW portfolio of six solar assets inPennsylvania and Maryland from Orion Renewable Energy Group LLC.
* Oil major BP acquired a 43 percent stake inLightsourcein 2017.(Reporting By Susanna Twidale; editing by EmeliaSithole-Matarise)
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