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BYD Supply 110MW of Solar Energy Modules to South Africa

December 2012

BYD Company Limited, one of the world’s largest energy solution supplierannounced that BYD will supply 110MW of solar modules-a total of around 458,000solar modules to South Africa for the two projects.

By contributing 75 MW toone of the largest solar station in South Africa and also the largest projectof BYD, BYD has supplied continually solar modules to Africa since November.The total 110MW solar projects are under the South Africa’s first RenewableEnergy Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPP). BYD also will continue tosupport the project developers development South Africa phase II and phase IIIprojects.

Tom Zhao, General Manager of BYD’s PV Department, stated:

South Africa is heading down the road of becoming one of the leadingcountries in the solar energy realm, and we’re glad to have joined this journey.

Our latest important project with partner is the REIPP(Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program) in SouthAfrica, and that project will help satisfy the demand for energy safety there.The large-scale solar energy PV power plant is the key to achieve economies ofscale and lower the costs of mass solar energy power.”

According to BYD, it will further increase its efforts to openup emerging markets including Africa and get more cooperation with the projectdeveloper and the local government. In the future, BYD will continue to leadthe new energy revolution and help more countries in the world to get rid ofoil pollution problems and relevant economic problems.

About BYD

BYD is ranked #1 at the top of Bloomberg’s and BusinessWeek’s2009 Tech 100 List (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100520006751/en/BYD-Tops-Bloomberg-Businessweek%E2%80%99s-12th-Annual-Tech ) and is the leading manufacturer ofadvanced, environmentally-friendly battery technologies like theBYD’s IronPhosphate battery used in BYD electric vehicles and electric busses. BYD’s solar panels and LED Lightingsystems have CEC, TUV/CE andUL listings, and the company enjoys rapid growth in consumer electronics spaceand electrified transportation sector manufacturing under its BYD brand. BYD isthe fastest-growing Chinese automotive and green energy technology enterprise.The Company trades on the Hong Kong Exchange (HKE) under the ticker numbers(HK.0285 – BYD Electronics) and (HK.1211 – BYD Company Ltd.), as well as on theShenzhen Stock Exchange under the ticker number (002594 – BYD Company Ltd.).For more information, visit www.byd.com ,www.facebook.com/bydcompanyor [email protected] .

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