Featured in Testing the waters – 07-2011

Much more than just ramping up production

China: Chinese cell and module manufacturers are ramping up production capacity even as major markets in Europe show signs of slowing down. Chinas production of photovoltaic (PV) cells doubled from four gigawatts (GW) at the end of 2009 to eight GW at the end of 2010. This year will bring a further significant ramp-up in Chinese PV manufacturing capacity and production.

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Eckhart Gouras

28 Jun 2011

Given this massive and rapid ramp-up, are sufficient quality controls being adopted to ensure cells and modules meet certain quality standards? How about automation in these new production lines? And to what extent is domestic equipment used to build these lines? Finally, are there differences in how Chinese manufacturers are ramping-up their production? In order …

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