Africa
December 15, 2009 Algeria Algiers, Algeria: Bidders Sought for 50 MW PV Manufacturing Plant. The Electricity and Gas Engineering Company, CEEG Company of Soneglaz Group has issued a request for bidders for the development of a 50 MW manufacturing facility.
Asia/Pacific
May 25, 2010 Germany/Singapore Obernburg, Germany: Reis Robotics Completes Equipment Installation at New REC Factory in Singapore. Reis Robotics recently won an order for planning and realization of the fully automated module production with a nominal capacity of 400 MW for REC in Singapore.
May 24, 2010 Malaysia Johor Baharu, Malaysia: STX Energy to Establish Cell Manufacturing Plant. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, on Saturday witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding concerning the Senai High Technology Park (SHTP).
May 13, 2010 China Xinyu City, China: LDK Solar Raises Polysilicon Capacity. LDK Solar today announced that its second 5,000 MT train in its 15,000 MT polysilicon plant achieved mechanical completion and will begin ramping production.
May 12, 2010 China Shanghai, China: Solarfun Accelerates Capacity Expansion Plan. Due to demand from customers for the second half of 2010, Solarfun Power plans to increase module capacity to 900 MW by August 2010.
May 10, 2010 Italy/Saudi Arabia Fontaniva, Italy: P.Energy Delivers Module Assembly Production Line to Saudi Arabia. P.Energy has delivered a new PV module assembly production line to KACST in Saudi Arabia. It has a production capacity of 5 MW/year.
April 19, 2010 China Xinyu City, China: LDK Solar Reaches 2 GW Wafer Production Capacity. LDK Solar today announced that it reached the milestone of 2.0 gigawatts (GW) annualized capacity at its wafer plant.
April 15, 2010 United States New York, NY, USA: Solar Thin Films, Inc. to Construct Thin Film Manufacturing Plant for China City Investments. Solar Thin Films, Inc. today announced that its planned subsidiary BudaSolar Technologies Co., Ltd. has signed a contract with China City Investments Limited as technology provider for the delivery of turnkey production lines.
April 2, 2010 China Leshan, China: Ledian Tianwei Silicon Technology Starts Up Polysilicon Plant. Ledian Tianwei Silicon Technology Co. Ltd. has successfully started up its 3000 MTY polysilicon production plant in Leshan, Sichuan Province, China, and is now producing high-purity polysilicon that will be used to produce cells and modules for the solar industry and wafers for the electronic industry.
March 29, 2010 Japan Sakai City, Japan: Sharp Starts Operations at New Thin Film Manufacturing Plant. Sharp has started operations at its new thin-film solar cell plant in Sakai City, Osaka, Prefecture, Japan.
March 29, 2010 Singapore Singapore: Anwell Technologies Starts Production of Thin Film Modules. Anwell Technologies, a supplier of advanced manufacturing equipment and process technologies for optical disc, OLED and solar industries is pleased to announce its official entry into the solar industry as it begins mass production of amorphous silicon thin film solar panels.
March 19, 2010 Singapore Singapore: Flextronics Opens Module Manufacturing Facility; Plans 1 GW Capacity in Two Years. Flextronics has dedicated one million square feet to create a clean tech supersite established at its facility in Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), Malaysia.
March 12, 2010 Taiwan Tainan, Taiwan: Applied Materials Expands Solar Equipment, Display Manufacturing Capability in Taiwan. Applied Materials has opened its newly expanded Tainan Manufacturing Center in Tainan, Taiwan. The nearly 15,000 square meter facility will enhance Applied’s capability to serve its FPD and thin film solar PV customers in Asia.
March 10, 2010 Taiwan Hsinchu, Taiwan: DelSolar to Proceed with 900 MW Cell and Module Manufacturing Plant. The Board of DelSolar has approved the construction of a new manufacturing plant in Jhunan, Taiwan.
March 5, 2010 China Hong Kong, China: China Gogreen Assets Starts Construction on 100 MW Thin Film Plant. China Gogreen Assets Investment Limited hosted a foundation stone laying and kick-off ceremony in Henan for its first phase development after the establishment of Henan Gogreen Energy Limited, which involves the construction of an annual 100 megawatt production line.
March 2, 2010 Japan Tokyo, Japan: Kyocera Plans 1 GW Production Capacity by 2013. Kyocera Corporation has recently completed construction of a new solar cell manufacturing plant; further increasing the company's production capacity to meet the growing demand for solar energy products.
March 1, 2010 Japan Tokyo, Japan: Mitsubishi Electric Expands Production Capacity. Mitsubishi Electric has completed construction of PV Cell Plant #2, a new photovoltaic cell production facility at its Nakatsugawa Works Iida Factory in Nagano Prefecture.
February 18, 2010 United States/China Merrimack, NH, USA: GT Solar Receives $20M Order. GT Solar and Jiangxi Sornid Hi-Tech have signed a new contract totaling more than $20 million for GT Solar’s GT-DSS450™ ingot growth furnaces and ancillary equipment and services
February 16, 2010 United States San Mateo, CA, USA: China Solar Power Signs Agreement for Third Thin Film Amorphous Silicon Plant. China Solar Power, a manufacturer of thin film amorphous silicon photovoltaic solar modules, announced that it has signed an investment agreement with Suzhou Industrial Park for its third solar cell manufacturing facility in China.
February 1, 2010 United Statess/Korea Bedford, MA, USA: Hanwha Commissions 30MW Solar Cell Manufacturing Line. Spire Corporation's 30MW per year turnkey solar cell line has been accepted by Hanwha Chemical Corporation Ltd. of South Korea (Hanwha).
January 8, 2010 China Shanghai, China: Solarfun to Expand Cell and Module Manufacturing Capacity. Solarfun Power today announced a capacity expansion due to anticipated demand.
December 21, 2009 France/China Paris, France: Air Liquide Signs Supply Contracts with Thirteen Chinese Cell Manufacturers. Air Liquide has recently signed thirteen new contracts with crystalline-Silicon (c-Si) solar cell manufacturers in China.
December 10, 2009 Taiwan Hsingchu, Taiwan: Neo Solar Power Expands Manufacturing Capacity to 600MW. Taiwanese cell manufaturer, Neo Solar Power announced today that it will expand its 2010 manufacturing capacity from 240MW to 600MW, which represents a 150% increase from 2009.
November 19, 2009 China Shenzhen, China: DuPont Apollo Opens Thin Film PV Production Facility. DuPont Apollo has opened its silicon based thin-film PV module manufacturing facility in China. The 538,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility will have an annual capacity of up to 50 MW.
November 17, 2009 Japan Tokyo, Japan: Sanyo Sets Out Manufacturing Capacity Plans. Sanyo Electric has completed its third factory building (Bldg. C) of Nishikinohama Factory (Kaizuka City, Osaka), already the "mother factory" for SANYO’s photovoltaic system business.
October 22, 2009 Malaysia Charlotte, NC, USA: Q-Cells Selects Camstar For New Malaysian Mega-Factory. Q-Cells SE has selected Camstar’s SolarSuite™, configured for the Solar industry on the Camstar Enterprise Platform, to drive down cost per watt through improved process quality and cell efficiency.
October 8, 2009 India Hyderabad, India: KSK Surya Photovoltaic Venture to Build 150MW Thin Film Manufacturing Plant. KSK Surya Photovoltaic Venture, Private Limited (KSK), a subsidiary of KSK Power Ventur plc, a leading independent power provider in India, has signed a contract with Applied Materials, Inc. to purchase two Applied SunFab™ Thin Film Lines.
Europe
May 24, 2010 Israel/Spain Tel Aviv, Israel: BrightView’s In-line Metrology Solution Adopted by T-Solar. BrightView Systems, a provider of in-line metrology-based process control and optimization tools for thin-film solar cell manufacturing received technical acceptance and announces deployment of its InSight-M at T-Solar’s thin film solar factory at Ourence, Spain.
May 31, 2010 Germany Freiberg, Germany: SolarWorld Inaugurates New Wafer Production Facility. SolarWorld AG today inaugurated its new solar wafer production in the presence of Germany´s Federal Environment Minister Röttgen in Freiberg.
May 6, 2010 Canada/Europe Burnaby, BC, Canada: Day4 Energy Expanding Production Capacity in Europe. Day4 Energy is expanding its third party manufacturing facility in Europe. Day4 Energy is expanding production from 50MW (megawatts) annually to 120MW to meet increased demand for the Company's photovoltaic products.
May 3, 2010 Germany Greifswald, Germany: SOLON Adds New Module Assembly Line. After only eight weeks of construction, SOLON SE inaugurated a new production line for solar modules at its manufacturing site in Greifswald today.
April 28, 2010 Germany Blaubeuren, Germany: Centrotherm and Reis Partner on Turnkey Production Lines. Centrotherm photovoltaics AG and Reis GmbH & Co. KG Maschinenfabrik intend to jointly offer and further develop solutions in the future for turnkey production lines to manufacture crystalline solar cells and modules.
April 19, 2010 Germany Munich, Germany: Centrosolar Expands Manufacturing Capacity. Centrosolar Sonnenstromfabrik GmbH, one of the largest solar module manufacturing plants in Europe and a fully owned subsidiary of the listed Centrosolar Group AG, has started up a new production line for solar modules.
February 16, 2010 Switzerland Trubbach, Switzerland: Oerlikon Solar Expands Into Spanish Market. Oerlikon Solar today announced that Gadir Solar is using its amorphous thin film silicon PV technology at the solar fabrication plant located in the bay of Cadiz, Spain. Gadir Solar’s plant, one of the largest in Europe, began operation in October 2009.
January 20, 2010 The Netherlands Heerlen, The Netherlands: Solland Solar and AT&S to Build Prototype Module Production Line. As part of their ongoing technology partnership, Solland Solar and AT&S will build a prototype line for photovoltaic modules with Sunweb(R) back-contacted solar cells.
December 21, 2009 France Bordeaux, France: First Solar and EDF Close to Concluding Manufacturing Plant Negotiations. First Solar and EDF Energies Nouvelles have announced that they are in the final stages of exclusive negotiations with the town of Blanquefort, near the city of Bordeaux, to locate a new solar panel manufacturing plant.
October 27, 2009 Spain Valdelafuente, Spain: GT Solar Commissions Wafer Line for DC Wafers. GT Solar has received final acceptance for the design, installation and commissioning of one of the most technologically-advanced turnkey wafer fabrication lines in Spain.
October 16, 2009 United States/Poland San Francisco, CA, USA: BP Solar Announces Agreement with Jabil to Manufacture Solar Modules in Poland. BP Solar today announced an agreement with Jabil Circuit, Inc. to manufacture BP Solar modules for the European market in Jabil’s plant in Poland.
October 6, 2009 United States Lansing, MI, USA: Suniva to Invest $250M in Manufacturing Facility. Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced a significant addition to Michigan's burgeoning clean-energy industrial base as Georgia-based Suniva Inc. will invest $250 million in a new solar manufacturing facility in Saginaw County's Thomas Township.
September 21, 2009 Germany Bonn, Germany: SolarWorld to Expand Module Capacity to 450 Megawatts. Solarworld AG is to expand its production capacity for solar power modules in Freiberg in Saxony. The capacity will be tripled to 450 megawatts by the end of 2010.
September 21, 2009 Germany Sonnenbühl, Germany: Schiller Automation and Merck Co-Operate on Innovative Edge Isolation. Schiller Automation and Merck today announced the official start of construction of an innovative line for edge isolation of crystalline silicon wafers.
September 15, 2009 Italy Pozzolo Formigaro, Italy: Lux to Commence Wafer Production. At the beginning of July, Lux signed an agreement with ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH for the supply of a type SCU400plus DSS (directional solidification system).
September 10, 2009 Denmark Sonderborg, Denmark: Danfoss Solar to Raise Inverter Production Capacity to 1 GW. Danfoss Solar says the demand for its grid-connected solar inverter range has increased significantly in 2009. As a result, Danfoss is now preparing for further growth in 2010 by increasing production capacity to 1 GW.
North America
May 18, 2010 Germany/United States Ravensburg, Germany: Mage Solar to Establish Module Manufacturing in Georgia. Mage Solar GmbH is to set up the solar company’s North American headquarters and production facility for photovoltaic modules in the state of Georgia.
May 17, 2010 United States Hopewell Junction, NY, USA: SpectraWatt Inaugurates New Cell Manufacturing Plant. SpectraWatt has officially launched their factory in Hopewell Junction, New York with an open house event that included a ribbon-cutting ceremony and factory tours.
April 23, 2010 United States Memphis, TN, USA: Sharp Inaugurates PV System on Manufacturing Plant. Yesterday, the Sharp Manufacturing Company of America's solar manufacturing plant welcomed local officials for ribbon-cutting to commemorate a significant new solar electric system at the facility.
April 22, 2010 United States San Jose, CA, USA: SunPower and Flextronics Partner on 75 MW US Module Assembly Plant. SunPower Corporation is partnering with Flextronics to begin manufacturing solar panels in Milpitas, Calif. by the end of this year.
April 5, 2010 United States Senatobia, MS, USA: Twin Creeks Technologies Locates Manufacturing Facility in Mississippi. Twin Creeks Technologies, a venture-backed solar technology company, is locating a solar panel manufacturing facility in Senatobia, Miss.
March 12, 2010 Germany/United States Niestetal, Germany: SMA Plans Ontario Manufacturing Facility. Inverter manufacturer, SMA Solar Technology AG is to strengthen its presence in North America with the foundation of a subsidiary in Canada. The site will be selected during the course of the first half of 2010.
March 4, 2010 United States San Diego, CA, USA: Kyocera to Manufacture Solar Modules in the United States. Kyocera Solar is to start manufacturing solar modules in San Diego, Calif., to serve the U.S. market’s growing demand for clean energy.
February 25, 2010 United States Merrimack, NH, USA: GT Solar Receives Orders Totaling More than $200 Million. GT Solar has signed new contracts totaling more than $200 million for its market-leading DSS450™ ingot growth furnaces and ancillary equipment and services.
February 10, 2010 United States Albuquerque, NM, USA: Solar Distinction to Set Up 25 MW Manufacturing Plant. Solar Distinction Inc., a New Mexico company owned by the Noribachi Group, a private equity firm, will build a state-of-the-art photovoltaic manufacturing plant in Albuquerque.
February 2, 2010 United States San Diego, CA, USA: Siliken to Build PV Module Production Plant in Ontario. The Siliken Group of renewable energy companies will open a plant manufacturing photovoltaic modules in Ontario, Canada, with an initial production capacity of 50 MW.
January 27, 2010 United States Phoenix, AZ, USA: Suntech Power Selects City of Goodyear for Module Assembly Plant. Suntech Power has selected the City of Goodyear, Arizona for the location of its US module assembly plant.
January 21, 2010 United States St Louis, MO, USA: Confluence Solar Announces $200M Solar Manufacturing Facility. Confluence Solar to announce that the company has selected Clinton, Tennessee as the home of their new manufacturing, warehousing and distribution facility.
January 18, 2010 United States Wilmington, DE, USA: DuPont Announces $175M Tedlar Manufacturing Capacity Expansion. DuPont has announced an investment of $175 million to complete the multi-phase expansion of its DuPont™ Tedlar® PV2001 series oriented film production line.
December 18, 2009 United States Albuquerque, NM, USA: Schott Solar Expands Module Production. Less than nine months after beginning production at its new Albuquerque facility, SCHOTT Solar yesterday announced the expansion of its photovoltaic module production line.
December 7, 2009 Canada Cambridge, ON, Canada: Photowatt to Start Module Assembly in Canada. ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc has established a new operating subsidiary, Photowatt Ontario Inc, as part of its plan to lead the Ontario solar energy market.
December 4, 2009 Canada Toronto, ON, Canada: Opsun Panels to Set Up 50MW Production Line. Opsun Panels Inc., a subsidiary of Opsun Technologies Inc., has decided to set up a 50 MW solar panel production line in Ontario to meet the Feed In Tariff’s Domestic Content requirement.
December 3, 2009 Canada Kitchener, Canada: Canadian Solar to Build Solar Panel Manufacturing Facility in Ontario. Canadian Solar is commencing the site selection and approvals process to establish a 200 megawatt module manufacturing facility in Ontario.
December 1, 2009 United States Philadelphia, PA, USA: Heliosphera to Open Thin Film Manufacturing Plant in Philadelphia. Governor Edward G. Rendell announced yesterday that a thin-film solar panel producer will open a manufacturing facility in Philadelphia’s Navy Yard, creating 400 jobs and leveraging hundreds of millions of dollars of private investment
