On July 26^th, 2010, Comtec Solar Systems Group Ltd. (Shanghai, China) announced that it is on target to expand its annual production capacity to 600MW of mono crystalline silicon wafers for solar photovoltaic (PV) applications during the third quarter of 2010. The group further announced that it will seek to increase its capacity to 1GW by 2011. "The management of Comtec Solar believes that the Group will continue to benefit from the high demand on mono crystalline wafers from module and cell manufacturers", Comtec reports in a press statement. "The Group is expected to complete its installation of 600MW production capacity by 3Q2010. In addition, the Group is planning to relaunch its expansion plan as the purchasing cost of equipment has declined over the past months, partially due to the depreciating euro, where Comtec bought its equipment."

Increases in silicon wafer capacity the latest for Chinese solar manufacturing

Comtec designs, develops, manufactures and markets silicon wafers for use in PV cells and modules. The company claims to be one of the first companies in China to produce 156mm x 156mm mono crystalline silicon wafers at a thickness of 170 microns.

China has recently been increasing its share of manufacturing not only of PV cells and modules, of which it produces 35% of the global output, but also silicon and products along the PV supply chain. On July 6, 2010, Chinese solar company Solargiga (Wanchai, Hong Kong, China) announced that it would build a mono crystalline silicon ingot facility with an annual output of 2,000 tons by mid-2013.

2010-07-29 | Courtesy: Comtec Solar Systems Group Ltd. | solarserver.com © Heindl Server GmbH