Astronergy and Oerlikon Solar jointly announced a follow-up purchase agreement for Oerlikon Solar’s thin film equipment. With this order, Astronergy will increase its production capacity from 30 megawatts (MW) to 75 MW in 2011.
The purchase is a first phase in Astronergy’s expansion plans for an eventural 400 MW of thin film solar manufacturing capacity.
Founded in 2006, Astronergy was the first Chinese company to bring mass production of tandem-junction Amorphous silicon thin film solar cells to the market.
The expanded capacity will incorporate new module materials and the latest innovations in thin film technology into the production process. The agreement details an expansion plan that will bring Astronergy’s total thin film module capacity to at least 75 MW by early 2011, the first phase of a 400 MW thin film expansion plan.
Switzerland’s Oerlikon Solar designs and manufactures equipment and end-to-end manufacturing lines for the mass production of thin film silicon solar modules. Oerlikon Solar leads the thin film solar equipment sector with 12 factories in production in seven countries, more than 2.5 million modules produced and 450 MW of capacity produced worldwide.
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