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

Qssolar Inc. Operational fifth-generation amorphous silicon thin-film battery

China Nantong Qssolar Inc. Recently announced in Shanghai, China's first fifth-generation large-area amorphous silicon thin film solar cells have been Qssolar Inc. Production, the company is expected in two and a half years to make photovoltaic electricity price to 0.65 yuan per yuan, the cost of making solar thermal power plant close.

At present, to the manufacture, production of fifth-generation thin-film battery few enterprises or factories. Qssolar Inc. Similar equipment cost only 25% of imported equipment, and to be further reduced to below 20%. Qssolar Inc. Has produced the world's first single-chip thin-film batteries, thin-film battery weight of only half of the current production technology in China, the United States, Japan, Australia and nearly 60 countries applied for a patent. This process will help to significantly reduce production costs, the company determined that in 2011 the cost of thin-film batteries will also be reduced to 0.9 U.S. dollars-per-watt-per-watt 0.5 U.S. dollars. By then, photovoltaic electricity price per unit will be reduced to 0.65 yuan. It is, Qssolar Inc. Is expected to achieve by the end of 2010 capacity 500MW, has become China's largest production base of amorphous silicon thin-film batteries.

Source: www.windosi.com Apr. 18, 2009

China's first large-scale photovoltaic solar power station built high-voltage grid

News April 17 Xinhua News Agency reported that recently, China's first large-scale solar photovoltaic power station high-voltage grid in Xining City, Qinghai Province, the completion ceremony was held and run power generation, Qinghai Province, which marks the solar photovoltaic technology into the city grid to reach the international advanced level. The high-voltage grid photovoltaic power station is located in the city of Xining Economic and Technological Development Zone, covers an area of 15 acres, the installation of 300 kilowatts of solar energy battery components, up to an annual generation capacity of 450,000 kwh.

The 300 kV grid photovoltaic power station project by NEDO of Japan aid agency, which is NEDO outside agencies in the construction of Japan's largest PV power station grid as well as the realization of China is the only truly solar photovoltaic directly into the city's power station high-voltage power grid.

Source: www.windosi.com Apr. 17, 2009

Start Abound Solar thin film solar cells production line

U.S. Abound Solar (original AVA Solar) companies, rely on the production of low-cost thin-film battery started in Longmont, Colorado, voted to build its first full-service production facilities.

The plant using a special manufacturing process, greatly reduced the production of solar panels cost. Colorado Governor Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., EUROSOLAR company Hermann Scheer, president of the new company, attended the ceremony and delivered a speech.

Fully automated production line will create more than 300 new job opportunities, to generate 200MW of annual production capacity of solar energy components. Used in its manufacturing process Abound Solar's own straight-line fully automated semiconductor equipment will be made of glass solar panels, the whole process less than two hours. As the world's leading "next generation" of solar panel manufacturers, Abound Solar simplify the production of thin-film solar panel manufacturing process, the rapid expansion of production capacity so that the cost of solar power continues to drop.

"Today, new production equipment for the start of Abound is a milestone. We have entered into commercial production, thereby expanding our market to keep up with customer demand, we are well positioned to provide clients with high - performance, low-cost solar modules, you can speed up the clean energy use around the world. "Abound Solar said Pascal Noronha, CEO.

"Warm congratulations Abound Solar - a how to make Colorado the renewable energy technologies from the laboratory to the market success story, as we have seen, as a local renewable energy companies to expand their business and the creation of the employment opportunities. We can see that the new energy economy is leading the development of Colorado, Colorado will help the rapid and strong recovery. "said Colorado Governor Ritter.

"Abound Solar proof, we here in the United States has the ability to cost-effective to meet our energy needs, while protecting our climate." Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Said.

Thin-film battery with the giants in the field of First Solar, like, Abound Solar components using the latest cadmium telluride (CdTe) technology. Abound Solar was founded in 2007 to commercialize its proprietary thin-film PV modules manufacturing process. Colorado State University for 15 years of development, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) of the support, on this basis, Abound Solar has developed a fully automated continuous process technology scale to manufacture solar modules and to achieve industry-leading in order to greatly reduce the cost of solar electricity.

Source: www.windosi.com Apr. 16, 2009