JA Solar to begin building the new plant

JA Solar Holding before the second phase started in China, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, including silicon ingots, cells and components of the plant, including facilities. According to reports, the investment of about 100 million U.S. dollars, which is scheduled for completion by the end of 2009. JA Solar new plant will increase production capacity 300MW.

The expansion of the new JA Solar is part of the overall plan, the company plans to end production capacity in 2009 from 600MW in 2008 to 875MW. JA Solar claims that the production of solar cells will cost 10 million U.S. dollars, meaning that 6-8 will be about new lines of production.

Source: www.windosi.com Apr. 23, 2009

Spain in 2008 added PV power generation capacity of the world's first

Research Department of the latest energy industry that in 2008 the Spanish new solar power generation equipment capacity of 1.7 million kilowatts, the figure has more than one generation of large-scale nuclear power plant, the world's largest-scale expansion. And Germany, the United States, Japan, respectively, to 1.5 million kilowatts, 30 million kilowatts, 240,000 kilowatts of capacity are the size of 2-4.

In addition, in the global aspects of a total installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation, Spain has 2.3 million kilowatts in size, second only to Germany, the world's No. 2 ranking. In addition to new capacity of photovoltaic power generation outside Spain in 2008 amounted to the solar cells into 2511MW, also the world.

Professional analysts said that Spain's PV industry has been able to maintain strong growth momentum, with strong government support have a great relationship. From 2007 to 2008 during the first half, the Spanish government introduced a price almost equivalence with the traditional policy of encouraging the other, the government has adopted some 200 million euros a year in subsidies, nationals will be able to make the consumer can afford the relatively high cost of solar energy resources.

Source: www.windosi.com Apr. 19, 2009