Astronergy Launches First 10 MW Phase of 100 MW Solar Power Station

June 23, 2009 – Vol.14 No.14

Astronergy Launches First 10 MW Phase of 100 MW Solar Power Station in China's Ningxia Autonomous Region.

Initially covering two square kilometers in Shizuishan City in the arid Gobi Desert region, which receives on average 1,600 hours of sunlight per year, the project is expected to be completed within three years.

Half of the first phase of the project will use Astronergy's conventional crystalline silicon PV modules. The other half will use Astronergy's revolutionary new amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon tandem junction thin film technology -- one of the first photovoltaic installations in the world to do so.

At full buildout, the power station will generate 100 MW of clean and renewable electricity. Considering an average daily consumption of 2 kWh per family per day, the Astronergy station will provide adequate power for over 50,000 families.

"We are very pleased to be a part of this effort," said Dr. Liyou Yang, CEO of Astronergy. "This is an unprecedented opportunity to showcase Astronergy's revolutionary new thin film technology. At the same time, the location of this project in Shizuishan City in the Ningxia Autonomous Region will bring renewed investment and resources to that region of China."

Astronergy says it’s one of the first in the world, and the first Chinese company, to bring mass production of second-generation amorphous silicon / microcrystalline silicon tandem junction thin film technology (a-Si/uc-Si) to market. Astronergy is led by a global management team with a half-century of experience in thin film research & development. In June 2009, it inaugurated its first 30 MW a-Si/uc-Si mass production line, and expects to reach 1 GW production capacity by 2012. (6/23/09)

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