Sales Growth and Lower Costs to Lead to Improved Financial Performance
Evergreen Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESLR), a developer, marketer, and manufacturer of photovoltaic products, announced that during 2003 it has doubled its manufacturing capacity. The factory now has an installed capacity of 6 MW per year.
Evergreen further reported the factory has achieved a 4.5 MW run rate. The Company has sold the full output of its factory to date and continues to see greater demand for its products.
Evergreen Solar, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets solar power products that provide reliable and environmentally clean electric power throughout the world. Solar power systems are used for residential, commercial, and industrial applications, including remote homes, water pumping, telecommunications, lighting, and rural electrification, as well as for electric utility customers choosing to generate their own environmentally clean "green" power. Evergreen's proprietary and patented manufacturing processes aim to reduce raw material usage and simplify process steps, to lower costs and improve products.