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(PV-Tech News) Meyer Burger began to increase the production capacity of heterojunction solar cells and modules with a target of 1.4GW. At the same time, the company received a total of 22.5 million euros in funding from the German regional government.
Currently, Meyer Burger is installing equipment for the 400MW Heterojunction initial capacity project in 2021. The company expects to start production in the second quarter of 2021.
The second-phase capacity expansion of Meyer Burger will bring the battery and module capacity to 1.4GW, and will also trigger regional subsidies in Germany. To this end, the company needs to guarantee access to further debt financing.
Meyer Burger pointed out that Saxony-Anhalt and the Federal Republic of Germany have pledged up to 15 million euros in environmental assistance for the production of heterojunction solar cells in Thalheim in Bitterfeld-Wolfen.
Meyer Burger commissioned the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems to issue a report on the environmental advantages of heterojunction technology over traditional solar cell manufacturing processes, after which the company received this funding.
Meyer Burger once pointed out in the technical document that compared with the traditional p-type single crystal passivation emitter backside cell (PERC) process, in mass production, the heterojunction technology not only reduces the number of conventional cell processing steps, but also Reduce material consumption including thinner silicon wafers.
Gunter Erfurt, CEO of Meyer Burger, said: "We are very pleased to receive such important environmental assistance. This proves that heterojunction technology is not only more efficient than traditional solar cell technology, but also more environmentally friendly."
According to the plan, Meyer Burger will also receive a grant of 7.5 million euros to build a new factory in Bitterfeld-Wolfen. The company said it can withdraw the grant before the end of 2023.
(Editor in charge: Selina Shi)