SCHOTT Solar manufactures 250,000th thin
film module in Jena
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Company facility on firm footing due to stable
production and high degree of efficiency
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ASI® technology successfully developed
further
Mainz,
March 4, 2009 – SCHOTT Solar AG has
successfully ramped up its thin film production at its Jena facility – by
last week a total of 250,000 solar modules had left the production line. The
Company started the production of ASI modules at the new facility in
Jena a year ago, building up a second mainstay in addition to its wafer-based
technology.
“We are very satisfied with this result, which
would not have been possible without the energetic efforts made by our
manufacturing manager Bertram Eichhorn and the entire team” noted Dr. Robert
Kuba, General Manager of SCHOTT Solar Thin Film GmbH on the occasion of the
celebration of 250,000 ASI solar modules being produced in Jena. “Manufacturing
on our new thin film production line is developing well and the degree of
efficiency we’ve achieved is also impressive – we only increased the
power output of our ASI modules up to 100 Watts stabilized output power in
October of last year” he continues. The ASI® thin film modules from
Jena have nominal output powers between 86 and 100 Watts, and already produce
environmentally-friendly electricity.
Dr. Martin Heming, CEO of SCHOTT Solar AG, points
out the many advantages of thin film technology: “Due to their good scattered
light properties and their interconnection capabilities, our SCHOTT ASI series modules
are perfect for roofs that are not optimally aligned to the south or that have
an extreme angle of inclination. In addition, thin film technology uses raw
materials extremely sparingly, needing less than 0.1 gram of silicon per Watt
of module power output. As a result, the module exhibits an excellent CO2
balance.”
SCHOTT Solar is one of the pioneers of thin
film technology. With an investment of around 75 million euros in the
ultramodern thin film production line at its Jena facility, SCHOTT Solar has
created 180 new jobs and set the stage for further growth.
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More information on
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Press pictures can be downloaded at www.schott-pictures.net
