Design World

  • Home
  • Technologies
    • 3D CAD
    • Electronics • electrical
    • Fastening & Joining
    • Factory automation
    • Linear Motion
    • Motion Control
    • Test & Measurement
    • Sensors
    • Fluid power
  • Learn
    • Ebooks / Tech Tips
    • Engineering Week
    • Future of Design Engineering
    • MC² Motion Control Classrooms
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
    • Webinars
  • LEAP AWARDS
  • Leadership
    • 2022 Voting
    • 2021 Winners
  • Design Guide Library
  • Resources
    • Subscribe!
    • 3D Cad Models
      • PARTsolutions
      • TraceParts
    • Digital Issues
      • Design World
      • EE World
    • Women in Engineering
  • Supplier Listings

Plant To Produce Larger Solar Panels

By Design World Staff | April 20, 2007

Share

Photovoltaic electric power may light up homes sooner than once believed. Moser Baer India Ltd., selected Applied Materials, Inc., to develop and install the world’s first generation (Gen) 8.5 Thin Film Solar Module Production Line in New Delhi, India. Its expected completion is in the second half of calendar 2007. The line will manufacture photovoltaic solar modules using ultra-large 5.7m2 substrates (2.2 x 2.6 m). These glass panels are four times bigger than today’s largest solar panel substrates.

The contract between Moser Baer and Applied is for a fully-integrated production line including CVD1, PVD2, laser scribing, factory software, automation, and other supporting technologies required to establish a solar panel manufacturing facility with a rated initial capacity of 40 MW per year. “It will be the first truly modern solar facility in India using semiconductor manufacturing processes,” said Mr. Ravi Khanna, CEO, Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Business. The Gen 8.5 Line is flexible; production output can be configured for final product sizes from 1.4 to 5.7 m2. Current thin film production lines are configured for panel sizes less than 1.5 m2.

“We are focused on developing and manufacturing innovative products that significantly reduce electric power and utility costs and provide a cost-effective option for clean renewable energy,” continued Khanna. By 2009, Moser plans to step-up its 40-MW plant to a full 200-MW solar panel facility.

“This contract signals a critical milestone for the solar industry in the drive to reduce the cost of solar cells by using larger substrates,” said Mark Pinto, senior vice president and general manager of Applied’s New Business and New Products Group.

Moser Baer India Ltd.
www.moserbaer.com
Applied Materials, Inc.
www.appliedmaterials.com

:: Design World ::


Filed Under: Semiconductor

 

Tell Us What You Think!

Related Articles Read More >

sager electronics
Sager Electronics adds electronic CAD file accessibility in online catalog
Samsung Foundry certifies analog FastSPICE platform from Siemens for early design starts on 3nm GAA process technology
richardson
Richardson Electronics to offer Fuji Electric 7th-generation (X-Series) IGBT modules
How to get the most from flash storage

DESIGN GUIDE LIBRARY

“motion

Enews Sign Up

Motion Control Classroom

Design World Digital Edition

cover

Browse the most current issue of Design World and back issues in an easy to use high quality format. Clip, share and download with the leading design engineering magazine today.

EDABoard the Forum for Electronics

Top global problem solving EE forum covering Microcontrollers, DSP, Networking, Analog and Digital Design, RF, Power Electronics, PCB Routing and much more

EDABoard: Forum for electronics

Sponsored Content

  • Industrial disc pack couplings
  • Pushing performance: Adding functionality to terminal blocks
  • Get to Know Würth Industrial Division
  • Renishaw next-generation FORTiS™ enclosed linear encoders offer enhanced metrology and reliability for machine tools
  • WAGO’s smartDESIGNER Online Provides Seamless Progression for Projects
  • Epoxy Certified for UL 1203 Standard

Design World Podcasts

July 26, 2022
Tech Tuesdays: Sorbothane marks 40 years of shock and vibration innovation
See More >
Engineering Exchange

The Engineering Exchange is a global educational networking community for engineers.

Connect, share, and learn today »

Design World
  • Advertising
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Manage your Design World Subscription
  • Subscribe
  • Design World Digital Network
  • Engineering White Papers
  • LEAP AWARDS

Copyright © 2022 WTWH Media LLC. All Rights Reserved. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of WTWH Media
Privacy Policy | Advertising | About Us

Search Design World

  • Home
  • Technologies
    • 3D CAD
    • Electronics • electrical
    • Fastening & Joining
    • Factory automation
    • Linear Motion
    • Motion Control
    • Test & Measurement
    • Sensors
    • Fluid power
  • Learn
    • Ebooks / Tech Tips
    • Engineering Week
    • Future of Design Engineering
    • MC² Motion Control Classrooms
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
    • Webinars
  • LEAP AWARDS
  • Leadership
    • 2022 Voting
    • 2021 Winners
  • Design Guide Library
  • Resources
    • Subscribe!
    • 3D Cad Models
      • PARTsolutions
      • TraceParts
    • Digital Issues
      • Design World
      • EE World
    • Women in Engineering
  • Supplier Listings