China's Construction Output To A GW Of Solar Photovoltaic Cells Project

China Power Investment Corporation will invest 5 billion yuan in the construction of Xi'an with an annual capacity of 1 GW solar photovoltaic cells, China's production capacity of solar photovoltaic cells will be a qualitative leap in there.

This project is China Power Investment Corporation on the 24th in Xi'an announced. The group, which has been on the Northwest Branch and Xi'an national civil aerospace industrial base signed an agreement in the industrial base will be formally launched a GW of solar photovoltaic cells projects.

Since 1999, world solar cell output by 30 to 40 percent increase in the 2005 global sales of solar cells has reached 1,500 megawatts. Pulling in foreign markets, in recent years China's photovoltaic industry has developed rapidly, to the end of 2006, China's production capacity of solar cells has been over one GW as the world's three major producers of solar cells.

The China Power Investment Corporation investment GWh annually to a solar photovoltaic cells, solar cells is not only the domestic manufacturers of "mega", and in the international community will also play an important role. According to investment plans, the project will start construction this year, the construction period of five years, when completed, to achieve an annual output value of 31 billion yuan.

China Power Investment Group is China, one of the most important power generation, the Group has been in Xining City of Qinghai Province plans to build a polysilicon projects, which have solar photovoltaic cells industries upstream products polysilicon materials . With solid financial strength and control of raw materials, technology, and China Power Investment Group's investment project of solar photovoltaic cells global PV industry will have an enormous impact.

Source: 新华网 Mao Haifeng Jan. 25, 2008

The World's Largest Thin-Film Solar Battery Factory In Brandenburg Construction

Johanna solar technology company will start construction of Brandenburg in Germany the world's largest copper indium gallium selenium sulfur solar modules packaging factory with a total investment of 72 million euros to a planned output of 30 MW in 2009 to reach 60 MW, providing 180 jobs.

According to the company president on the latest technology based on the solar modules highest conversion rate can reach 16%, with the traditional silicon components comparable, he predicted that in 2010 thin-film modules will account for the world solar system installation share of 20%, copper indium gallium sulfur and selenium components accounted for one half. The maturity of the technology will improve and promote the polysilicon bottleneck problems at the same time in 2008 to more than large-scale enterprises will be expanded and more silicon production, then the time will be more likely to repeat silicon production overcapacity situation. Those who rely on the multi-crystalline silicon solar plant material downstream survival is how we think about.

Source: 硅业在线 Feb. 26, 2008

The United States Will Build The World's Largest Solar Power Station

Arizona will be the United States built the world's largest solar power plant, which is scheduled for 2011 and generate electricity.

The power station has been named the "Solana", Spanish for "a sunny place", from Arizona and Abengoa Solar companies. It occupies 1,900 acres, will run two 140-megawatt steam generating units to 280 megawatts of total generating capacity.

Solana power plant will produce 280 megawatts of total generating capacity, enough to supply 7,000 families of their daily consumption, but also avoid the 400,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions.

In the next 30 years, the power station will be to the Arizona Public Service Company sell electricity, and brought to the Arizona 1 billion US dollars of economic interests, and Abengoa Solar companies will be about 4 billion dollars in receipts.

Source: 人民网环保频道 Wang Li Feb. 29, 2008