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Industry News—
high-purity silicon as raw material for the (CNBM) broke ground on a solar base in
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manufacture of solar cells no longer is a Bangbu, Anhui province, on March 25,
strategically and economically reasonable according to the company’s official website.
optimization solutions for commercial
option for Sunways. Sunways will, however, The company started construction of an
and utility-scale solar installations. With
maintain the trusting relationship with the amorphous transparent conductive oxide
the acquisition of Act Solar, National
Schmid Group and observe the projects (TCO) glass production line and a 112
expands its portfolio of power optimization
further development. In addition, Sunways MW amorphous cell production line the
technologies along with the acquisition
AG terminated the development coopera- same day. The production lines are ex-
of new diagnostics and panel monitoring
tion with Solarvalue AG also started in late pected to receive total investment of RMB
capabilities for solar arrays. Act Solar now
2007.
www.sunways.de 1.5 billion and generate annual production
becomes part of the SolarMagic family.
value of RMB 2.5 billion.
www.national.com,
www.actsolar.com
Targray’s growth spurs move to
larger corporate headquarters Solarcoating selects iTi Solar for
Solar-Fabrik opens new module
Targray Technology International has relo- integrated inkjet roll-to-roll solar
manufacturing plant
cated its corporate headquarters to a larger cell manufacturing
Solar-Fabrik AG has opened a new produc-
facility at 18105 Transcanada in Kirkland, iTi Solar has been selected by Solarcoating
tion facility for manufacturing solar power
Quebec. Targray is a supplier of silicon, Machinery GmbH (ScM) of Germany, a
modules in Freiburg, Germany. The new
raw materials and cutting edge products supplier of turnkey production line solu-
plant increases the overall capacity by 60
to the photovoltaic industryy. The new tions for flexible solar cell fabrication, to
megawatts (MW) to a total of 130 MW
facilities—which also inaugurate Targray’s provide the first digital inkjet system for its
and ensures a further increase in quality.
20th year in business—provide a significant- integrated roll-to-roll solar cell manufactur-
“Almost the entire production volume for
ly expanded and upgraded office space, a ing production line. iTi Solar will provide
the year was already sold at the beginning
larger warehousing capacity, a 100-person ScM with precision digital industrial inkjet
of 2009,” said Günter Weinberger, CEO of
auditorium, an on-site serviced cafeteria systems that improve production efficien-
Solar-Fabrik AG. Covering 15,000 m2, the
and a fully-equipped gym.
www.targray.com cies and reduce manufacturing costs.
new production hall offers sufficient space
www.solarcoating.de
for developing a capacity of up to 200 MW.
Bp Solar re-structures
60 MW was realised in the first expansion
manufacturing operations New NanoMarkets report identifies
phase. 60-70 jobs will be initially created in
BP Solar on Tuesday announced plans trends and opportunities in thin-film
Plant III. The next expansion stage is ear-
to refocus its manufacturing activities silicon pV materials
marked for next year.
www.solar-fabrik.com
globally, and to reduce its unit costs by 25 NanoMarkets, an industry analysis firm
percent by the end of 2010. It will achieve based in Glen Allen, Virginia, said that
Siemens expands competence in
this by accessing lower cost supplies, and amorphous silicon (a-Si), a thin-film
solar business
by continuing to grow only its most com- photovoltaic (TFPV) material that has been
Siemens Energy is to acquire a 28 percent
petitive manufacturing worldwide. As a around since the late 70s, will continue to
stake in the Italian solar company Archi-
result, module assembly at Frederick, MD, lead the TFPV space for several years to
mede Solar Energy S.p.A. and thus expand
will be phased out, and silicon casting, come. The firm projects that $1.3 billion
its competencies for solar thermal power
wafering, sizing and solar cell production in revenues for a-Si based photovoltaics
plants. ASE is the sole producer of solar
will continue. The end of module assembly this year that will grow to $4.1 billion in
receivers operating with molten salt as
at Frederick will result in the elimination the year 2014. These and other findings
the heat transfer fluid. Siemens is market
of approximately 140 jobs out of around are from the firm’s newest report titled,
leader in steam turbine-generators for
600. The company also announced the “Materials Markets for Thin-Film Silicon
solar thermal power plants. By combining
closure of its cell manufacture and module Photovoltaics”. The report is the next in a
these two technologies Siemens wants to
assembly facilities in Madrid, Spain with series from the firm that addresses emerg-
enhance the efficiency of these plants and
the loss of approximately 480 positions out ing solar energy markets. www.nanomarkets.
further reduce the production costs for
of 575.
www.bpsolar.us net
solar power. The two companies did not
disclose the purchase price of the shares.
prism Solar Technologies acquires SpectraWatt sets up
www.siemens.com/energy
new manufacturing facility headquarters in New york
Prism Solar Technologies, Inc. (PST), has SpectraWatt, Inc., a manufacturer and
Sunways terminates polysilicon
announced closing on the acquisition of supplier of advanced silicon photovoltaic
plans
a new manufacturing site in upstate New cells to the solar industry, plans to estab-
For the time being, Sunways AG will not
York. The site, located in Highland New lish its first factory and new headquarters
continue to pursue the acquisition of a
York, includes 6.5 acres of land and a at the Hudson Valley Research Park in
polysilicon production line. At the end
93,000 sq. ft manufacturing building. The Hopewell Junction, N.Y. The move would
of 2007, Sunways had announced the
facility was purchased for $3,750,000 from initially create over 100 jobs in the New
acquisition of a production line within
PLASMACO, a Panasonic facility. Prism York region within the first year of opera-
a modular facility for the production of
intends to create over two hundred jobs in tion. The company, which is in the process
polysilicon planned to be established in
the first few years and up to 400 over five of moving from their previous location in
Saxony by the Schmid Group as general
years.
www.prismsolar.com Oregon, aims to be in production early in
contractor. The down payment made at
2010. SpectraWatt’s first factory line will
the time has already been refunded. From
cNBM breaks ground on solar base have an initial manufacturing capacity of
today’s point of view, the production of
China National Building Material Group 60 megawatts (MW); additional lines are
32 – Global Solar Technology – May/June 2009
www.globalsolartechnology.com
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