Thursday, March 20, 2008

Construction of Vietnam’s first solar panel, cell plant launches


Work on Vietnam’s first solar panel and cell manufacturing factory will kick off tomorrow at Hoa Duc Plastics Industrial Park located in the southern Long An Province.
Ho Chi Minh City Energy Conservation Center (ECC), in cooperation with the Red Sun Energy Joint-Stock Company, will invest US$10 million into the factory, with France-based Sunwatt Group acting as the primary technical consultant.
The plant will assemble solar panels from solar cells imported from France and German at a production capacity of 3MWp per year in the first stage.
In the second stage, the factory will be able to manufacture solar cells with an annual output of 5MWp.
Forty percent of the factory’s products will serve local demands, while the remainder will be exported.
The products are guaranteed for five years and have a life expectancy of 20 years.
The plant is expected to begin operating after construction finishes in six months time.

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