Featured in Utilities make the connection – 11-2017

Building pillars of PV

Utilities in China: As China looks set to install up to 50 GW of PV this year, pv magazine examines the technology’s relationship with the country’s state utilities. Is the joint R&D venture between German equipment supplier Manz AG, Shanghai Electric Group and the Shenhua Group evidence that Chinese utilities are embracing a solar future?

By

Brian Publicover

07 Nov 2017

Chinese state-owned utility Shanghai Electric and its partner Shenhua expect to have a 306 MW commercial CIGS production line, and a 44 MW R&D line delivered by Manz by the end of 2019. | Image: Manz AG

Shanghai Electric’s recent €263 million purchase of CIGS thin-film PV production equipment from Manz AG was a sorely needed win for the beleaguered German tool manufacturer.CEO Dieter Manz — who led a years-long struggle to commercialize the company’s turnkey production lines for copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film solar modules — sounded relieved in January when …

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