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Siva Power Expands Santa Clara Facility

The U.S. thin film manufacturer has expanded its development center in Santa Clara, California, and acquired production equipment from First Solar and Bloo Solar.
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Siva’s development facility has been extended to 35,500 square feet (3250 square meters) to accommodate the newly purchased equipment.

“I’m very pleased the company was able to acquire such high quality tools,” says Robert G. Wendt, Siva’s Vice-President of Process and Equipment Development. “It will enable Siva to progress our work.”

Back in May 2016, Siva raised US$5 million in investments to construct a pilot line for CIGS thin-film technology. The company has plans to build a production facility ‘for the terawatt era’ which it claims will be able to produce solar panels ‘at unprecedented scale and the lowest production cost.

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May 23, 2017

[…] in February, the company announced the acquisition of thin film production tools from First Solar and Bloo Solar, ino order to expand the Santa Clara facility. Siva Power states that it is making steady progress […]

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