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capacity to 96MW in 2010-2011. Taiwan-based makers engaged in thin-film
www.energosolar.com, PV module equipment include Mirle Au-
www.paritysolar.com tomation, Kenmec Mechanical Engineer-
ing, Gallant Precision Machining, Contrel
Veeco Instruments enters Technology and Highlight Tech.
into partnership with
Daiyang Metal ascent Solar starts thin film
Veeco Instruments has en- production
tered into a strategic partnership Ascent Solar has begun regular produc-
with Daiyang Metal Co., Ltd. of Korea, a tion of monolithically integrated flexible
producer of cold rolled stainless steel, to be CIGS modules from its production line
its supplier of equipment to manufacture in Littleton, Colorado. This milestone
CIGS (copper, indium, gallium, selenium) makes Ascent Solar the first company to
IMec and cyTec collaborate to
solar cells. As a first milestone in this commence production of fully integrated
increase lifetime of organic photo-
relationship, Daiyang has placed an initial lightweight thin-film CIGS modules using
voltaics
multi-million dollar purchase order with a plastic substrate. The company initially
Over the last few years, worldwide research
Veeco for its complement of FastFlex™ plans to operate the manufacturing line
on organic solar cells has mainly focused
Web Coating Systems to build a thin-film with one shift, progressing to full-scale 1.5
on increasing the conversion efficiency.
CIGS solar cell production line in Yesan, MW rated capacity utilizing three manufac-
However, the operational lifetime of
Korea. www.daiyangmetal.co.kr, www.veeco. turing shifts per day. www.ascentsolar.com
organic solar cells must be improved to ex-
com
tend beyond 5 years. This challenge is the
pSc Industries orders five turnkey
basis of the collaboration between Cytec
Taiwan thin-film pV equipment pV module manufacturing lines
Industries, Inc,. and IMEC. The project,
demand expected to emerge in 2010 Industries Ltd’s Nigeria facility, which will
which is co-sponsored by the Institute for
Taiwan suppliers of equipment for the start producing solar modules by December
the Promotion of Innovation by Science
solar industry expect domestic demand to 2009 or early 2010. Each manufacturing
and Technology in Flanders, will run for
take off in 2010 when many of the island’s line produces 10 MWp. All will be opera-
two years and will end in March, 2011.
thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module makers tional by the end of 2010. Discussions are
www.imec.be, www.cytec.com
kick off volume production, according to underway for additional manufacturing
industry sources. AU Optronics (AUO), plants in Ghana and Gambia, slated for
Inventux produces 115 watt
stepping into production of thin-film 2011. The initial is estimated at 12,000,000
micromorph thin film modules
PV modules, has been negotiating with euros and will create over 1,500 Jobs in
Only ten weeks after the official start of
Taiwan-based makers for cooperation to Nigeria in 2009/2010. www.rimas.nl
production, Inventux Technologies AG
develop manufacturing equipment of
is manufacturing micromorph thin film
thin-film PV modules, Digitimes reported.
modules with an output of well above 115
W. The micromorph thin film modules
have a surface area of 1.4 square meters,
raising cell efficiency above 8.5%. www.
inventux.com
energoSolar to supply equipment
for chinese thin film manufacturing
plant
EnergoSolar Hungary Equipment Manu-
facturing Ltd. and Parity Solar have signed
a contract for a new production line of
solar modules in Jiangsu province, China.
The scope of the agreement concerns 24
MW EnergoSolar’s turnkey end-to-end
module manufacturing factory for the
production of a-Si thin-film photovoltaic
modules. Energosolar confirmed that the
down payment has been received and the
production of the equipment started. Par-
ity has a plan to expand the manufacturing
4 – Global Solar Technology – May/June 2009
www.globalsolartechnology.com
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