Solarcentury’s 9.9MW Divisa project will include 33,000 units.

The project is estimated to be $17.8m, reports Bloomberg.

Solarcentury chief operating officer Matthew Boulton was quoted by Renews as saying: "Trina Solar is a new partner for Solarcentury and as a leading global brand, it was an obvious choice as part of establishing Solarcentury in new countries."

Solarcentury is constructing the plant in cooperation with local company Hybrytec for ECOSolar, a Latin America-based solar investment company.

Trina Solar chief operating officer Zhiguo Zhu said: "We believe Panama and Latin America hold high potential for the solar sector."

Divisa will be one of the largest solar farms in Panama to be connected to the grid and its output will be sold on the spot market.

This year, solar installations in Latin America, excluding Chile and Mexico, may increase to more than 400MW from 170MW in 2014, according to a Bloomberg estimate.

Solar Power also plans to form a joint venture in Panama to develop around 100MW of projects.