Featured in More than just a number – 03-2018

Refining the process

CdTe modules: At its production facility in Germany’s ‘Solar Valley,’ Calyxo is producing CdTe modules at production costs moving towards $0.20/W, many of which are destined for repowering PV plants across Europe. pv magazine caught up with Calyxo CTO and COO Michael Bauer, to discuss the company’s latest developments.

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Mark Hutchins

13 Mar 2018

Michael Bauer has been CTO and COO at Calyxo since 2008, and was previously Director of Process Development at Q Cells. CdTe module producer Calyxo was founded by Q Cells and Solar Fields (USA) in 2005.

pv magazine: What is the current capacity of Calyxo’s German production facility, and how much of this is typically utilized? Michael Bauer: The current capacity is 60 MW running, which will be expanded to 100 MW by de-bottlenecking the line this year. We see a healthy sales environment at the beginning of 2018, already in line …

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