Dutch PV panel producer Exasun will increase its production capacity fivefold, having secured funds for the deployment of an additional manufacturing line, according to a press release from Innovation Quarter, which is the regional economic development company of the province South Holland.
Funds were provided by the regional government of South Holland through the innovation fund ENERGIIQ, and Dutch banking giants ING and ABN Amro. The amount of funds, as well as current and projected capacity for the company’s factory in the Hague, however, were not disclosed in the press release. The local press revealed in the meantime that Exasun will expand capacity at the facility to 100 MW, from around 15 MW currently.
The new production line is expected to start manufacturing activities in the autumn, while more capacity expansion plans will be implemented in 2019, according to Innovation Quarter. On Exasun’s website, the company specifies that, in the period up to 2020, its capacity will be increased in phases to more than 1 GW, possibly also at other locations in the Netherlands or abroad.
Popular content
At its factory in The Hague, Exasun manufactures black glass modules (60 cells, 1×1.6 m) and BIPV modules for, amongst others, a waterproof PV-roof (black roof) and for PV facades (black facade). All modules are based on Metal Wrap-Through back-contact cells with no busbars.
Having received funds in 2012, Exasun started commercial operations with a first pilot production line for its black glass modules at its manufacturing facility in 2015. A second line for the same kind of modules was installed in 2016.
This content is protected by copyright and may not be reused. If you want to cooperate with us and would like to reuse some of our content, please contact: editors@pv-magazine.com.
1 comment
By submitting this form you agree to pv magazine using your data for the purposes of publishing your comment.
Your personal data will only be disclosed or otherwise transmitted to third parties for the purposes of spam filtering or if this is necessary for technical maintenance of the website. Any other transfer to third parties will not take place unless this is justified on the basis of applicable data protection regulations or if pv magazine is legally obliged to do so.
You may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future, in which case your personal data will be deleted immediately. Otherwise, your data will be deleted if pv magazine has processed your request or the purpose of data storage is fulfilled.
Further information on data privacy can be found in our Data Protection Policy.