Monday, December 1, 2008

1,000MW solar cell project began construction in Xi'an, China

China Power Investment Group's 1,000 MW solar cell production project started construction on November 29th 2008.

This will be the biggest solar cell and solar panel production project in North West China, the total investment will be about 5 billion RMB, and the project will be completed in 2015.

Xingtai Jinglong Electronic Material Company started commercail production

November 28th 2008, Xingtai Jinglong Electronic Material Company held the commercial production ceremony.

At present 40 pcs of monocrystalline silicon furnaces have begun testing production.

Xingtai Jinglong Electronic Material Company will install 400 pcs of monocrystalline silicon furnaces in total, and the total annual production capacity will reach 3,000 metric ton monocrystalline silicon and 80,000,000 pcs of silicon wafers.

1000 metric ton polysilicon project started in Guangde County, Anhui Province

1000 metric ton polysilicon project from Anhui Jingjing Silicon Material Company broke ground in Guangde County, Anhui Province on November 17th 2008.

It is estimated that the polysilicon production capacity wil reach 600 metric tons within two years, and reach 1,000 metric tons within three years. The total investment is about 400 million RMB.

Friday, November 28, 2008

Weihai will build amorphous silicon roof PV power station

Amorphous silicon roof BIPV power station will be installed at Shandong Weihai Culture Center, and the system will cover 7,800 square meters, with capacity of 273KW, and produce about 330,000 KWH power per year. This will become the biggest amorphous silicon roof PV power station in the world.

The system will be installed by Weihai China Glass Solar.

Gansu province to build 10MW on-grid amorphous silicon PV power station

2008 November 26th, Fujian GS-Solar signed agreement to build 10MW on-grid amorphous silicon PV power station in Gem city, Qinhai province, China. The total investment will be about 300 million RMB.

GS-Solar is one professional amorphous silicon solar cell manufacturer with production capacity of 20MW, and GS-Solar plans to expand its amorphous silicon solar cell production capacity to 1,000MW in 2010.