Oerlikon Solar further reduces production costs for thin film silicon PV panels – significant decrease in cost of process gases per panel
Oerlikon Solar announced today another milestone to further reduce the cost of production for its Micromorph® thin film silicon PV panels. Based on individual agreements between Oerlikon Solar and major global gas suppliers Air Liquide and Linde, Oerlikon Solar customers will be able to achieve a total gas budget of less than EUR 8,5 / panel, realizing more than 20 % reduction in total cost of all gases and precursors supplied to new Oerlikon Solar’s ThinFabTM
120 MWp going into full production by end of 2012. This achievement lowers module production costs by up to 5 %.
(firmenpresse) - In support of the agreements with Oerlikon Solar, each of these leading gas supply firms will set up necessary infrastructure and supply chain investments and continue to work together with Oerlikon Solar to co-develop solutions for reducing cost and consumption of process gases. Peter Owen, Head of Linde Electronics, said: “Linde is honored to have been selected by Oerlikon as a gas partner for this program. Since thin film silicon technology emerged, Linde has worked successfully with many major end-users to reduce their cost per watt, and the opportunity to work more closely with the leading global equipment manufacturer will deliver even more benefits to module producers. This partnership further strengthens the existing R&D collaboration between Linde and Oerlikon on the EU funded PEPPER project, which was announced in November 2010.”
“Air Liquide is proud to demonstrate that high-volume supply solutions, innovation in new precursors, and global project & services infrastructure, can help Oerlikon Solar – the leading thin film silicon equipment supplier – to further improve the competitiveness of its thin film silicon technology,” said Olivier Blachier, Vice-President Electronics & Solar Markets for Air Liquide.
“Thanks to the strong support from leading gas suppliers, we are now able to further reinforce the competitiveness of our Micromorph® technology for current and future market conditions,” said Helmut Frankenberger, CEO of Oerlikon Solar.
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About Oerlikon Solar
Oerlikon Solar designs and manufactures field-proven equipment and turnkey manufacturing lines for the mass production of environmentally sustainable thin film silicon solar modules. With its amorphous and high-efficiency Micromorph® tandem technology, Oerlikon has dramatically increased the efficiency of thin film silicon and created innovative turnkey manufacturing solutions for thin film PV, enabling new entrants in the fast-growing, global PV manufacturing business. Oerlikon Solar leads the thin film solar equipment sector with 14 customers in production in seven countries, and almost 5 million modules and 450 MW of capacity produced worldwide.
Oerlikon Solar has Micromorph® patents dating back to 1993, was the first to integrate the high-efficiency Transparent Conductive Oxide (TCO) layer, and the first to commercialize the high-efficiency Micromorph® process
and support the majority of its customers in migrating to it. To date it is the only proven end-to-end Micromorph® solution available on the market, offering lowest cost of electricity $/kWh, and proving highest future cost reduction potential.
Oerlikon Solar is headquartered in Switzerland, has about 700 employees in 13 locations worldwide, numerous production sites around the globe and maintains sales and service centers in the USA, Europe, China, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore and Japan. For more information, please visit www.oerlikon.com/solar and www.oerlikon.com/solar/thinfab
Oerlikon Solar Ltd, Trübbach
Hauptstrasse 1a
CH-9477 Trübbach
Simone Ramser
Head of Communications
Tel. +41 81 784 8141
Mobile +41 79 314 1197
Fax. +41 81 784 6544
simone-lisa.ramser(at)oerlikon.com
www.oerlikon.com/solar
Oerlikon Solar Ltd, Trübbach
Hauptstrasse 1a
CH-9477 Trübbach
Simone Ramser
Head of Communications
Tel. +41 81 784 8141
Mobile +41 79 314 1197
Fax. +41 81 784 6544
simone-lisa.ramser(at)oerlikon.com
www.oerlikon.com/solar
Datum: 03.12.2011 - 17:51 Uhr
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