Astronergy and Oerlikon Solar jointly announced a follow-up purchase agreement for Oerlikon Solar’s thin film equipment. With this order, Astronergy will increase its production capacity from 30MW to 75 MW by the end of 2010. The purchase is a key element in the expansion plan of Astronergy’s thin film solar PV modules of up to 400MW in the near future.
As the first large-scale manufacturer of high-efficiency tandem-junction Amorphous and Micromorph® thin film modules in mainland China, Astronergy has been able to offer its products to customers in varied regions for a wide variety of applications, including a façade on its headquarters building in Hangzhou.