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Manz AG: Chinese reference project features CIGS solar modules from
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Chinese reference project features CIGS solar modules from Manz
- CIGS thin film modules from the Manz innovation line now installed in
China's Shilin Town Solar Park
- Reference project has the potential to convince prospective customers
of the advantages of CIGSfab
- Competitive advantage through stable module efficiency of more than 13%
in mass production
Reutlingen, 21 March 2013 - Manz AG, one of the world's leading high-tech
engineering companies with an extensive technology portfolio covering the
strategic divisions 'Display', 'Solar' and 'Battery', is demonstrating the
excellent quality standards of its own CIGSfab production line with the
installation of thin film modules. The modules were produced on the CIGS
innovation line at the company's research site in Schwäbisch-Hall, which
was taken over by Manz from Würth Solar at the start of 2012. 'Now that the
Solar Park in Shilin Town has been commissioned, we can demonstrate the
advantages of CIGS technology and the excellent manufacturing quality of
our machines in practice. We are highly optimistic that we will also be
able to convince interested solar cell producers of the benefits of our
CIGSfab. Our aim in 2013 is to consistently exploit the potential that the
solar market offers us,' declared Dieter Manz, founder and CEO of Manz.
The Manz modules installed in China have a nominal capacity of one
Megawatt. The solar energy project in Shilin Town in China's south western
province Yunnan is currently the largest CIGS module solar park feeding
power into the Chinese grid. The investor is Beijing Sanglin Lantian Ltd.
Co., a company which focuses among other interests on the planning and
realisation of renewable energy generation projects. Mr. Xiao-Yi Wang,
President and shareholder of the Solar Park, commented: 'In comparison with
the crystalline solar modules already installed, the Manz CIGS solar
modules yield up to 10% more. That is an absolutely decisive figure which
underscores sustainably the immense potential of this technology and
impressively demonstrates the benefits of the favourable temperature
coefficients of CIGS in the almost subtropical climate of Yunnan.' Dieter
Manz added: 'In terms of efficiency, in recent months we have made a great
step forward. Now, in mass production we reach more than 13% on a stable
basis. This has so far been unequalled anywhere else in the world, and
strengthens our market position to participate in the coming investment
cycle in the solar industry.' Beijing Sanglin Lantian Ltd. Co has had the
modules installed in the open landscape, integrated into buildings and in
roof-mounted configuration.
Chinese government relies on CIGS
The Chinese government, too, sees clear advantages in the use of CIGS
technology which has been adopted as a focus of research in its 12th
five-year plan. CIGS modules achieve a significantly higher degree of
efficiency than other thin-film modules. At the same time, production costs
are significantly lower than for crystalline solar cells. The reason for
this is that in the case of CIGS modules, the semiconductor layer that
absorbs sunlight is in large part composed of low-cost copper and is less
than two microns thick - around one hundredth of a crystalline solar cell.
Producing thin film modules based on glass substrates also obviates the
costly manufacture of silicon wafers, as well as the need to interconnect
each individual cell.
CIGSfab turnkey production line
The Manz CIGSfab makes it possible to produce high-efficiency thin film
modules at economic cost level. Dependent on location, thin film solar
modules manufactured on the integrated CIGS production line will in future
be able to supply energy at a cost of between just 4 euro cents (Spain) and
8 euro cents (Germany) per kilowatt hour. This puts solar electricity on a
par with electricity generated from fossil fuels, and well below the cost
of power generated by offshore wind farms. In addition to the complete
machinery, Manz also provides the know-how required for module production.
Therefore, Manz also allows new entrants to the solar market to rapidly
ramp up local production of solar modules in the growth markets of the
future.
Photos in print resolution are available at Manz AG, abartmann(at)manz.com
Company profile:
Manz AG - passion for efficiency
Manz AG, headquartered in Reutlingen, Germany, is one of the world's
leading high-tech engineering firms. Founded in 1987, in recent years the
company has grown from an automation specialist into a supplier of
integrated production lines. Manz has expertise in six fields of
technology: automation, laser processes, vacuum coating, screen printing,
metrology, and wet-chemical processes. These technologies are used and
developed in three strategic business areas: Display, Solar, and Battery.
The company, led by founder Dieter Manz, has been listed on the stock
exchange in Germany since 2006, and currently develops and manufactures in
Germany, China, Taiwan, Israel, Slovakia, and Hungary. Manz also has sales
and service offices in the United States, South Korea, and India. At the
beginning of 2013, Manz AG had approximately 1,850 employees, half of them
in Asia. With its slogan, 'Passion for Efficiency', Manz's engineers are
making a promise to offer its customers - all companies active in important
future markets - increasingly efficient production equipment. As an
engineering firm, the company plays a significant role in reducing the cost
of manufacturing end products, making these products available to large
groups of buyers worldwide.
Investor Relations Contact
cometis AG
Ulrich Wiehle / Claudius Krause
Tel.: +49 (0)611 - 205855-28
Fax: +49 (0)611 - 205855-66
E-Mail: krause(at)cometis.de
Public Relations Contact
Manz AG
Axel Bartmann
Tel.: +49 (0)7121 - 9000-395
Fax: +49 (0)7121 - 9000-99
E-Mail: abartmann(at)manz.com
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Company: Manz AG
Steigäckerstr. 5
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Phone: +49 (0) 7121 9000-0
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