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Bosch 太阳能AG 正式宣布新的多晶硅太阳能电池片生产厂开始建设，第一阶段扩产将在Thuringia,Arnstadt进行，新产品设备生产线将会使公司每小时多提供10,000片电池片，每年将会是多产生9千万个电池片。这样的电量等同于给Erfurt附近的200,000家用户提供所需电力。
另外，新的12,000平方米的生产线电站项目也包括硅料生产，因此Bosch太阳能第一阶段将会实行产业链一体化操作，从硅铸锭到组件完成。
Bosch Solar Energy AG has formally opened its new crystalline solar cell production plant, the first phase in the extension of its solar production facilities in Arnstadt, Thuringia. The new production facilities will enable Bosch to provide extra capacity of 10,000 cells an hour, which works out to around 90 million solar cells a year. That is the equivalent of the total output required to supply all private households in the nearby city of Erfurt with its population of just over 200,000.
In addition to cells, the new, 12,000 square-meter plant also includes part of the wafer production. Thus, with the completion of this facility Bosch Solar Energy achieved the first step towards an integrated factory which will unite all steps in the production process ? from silicon ingots to finished modules. Another important move towards an integrated cell and module production will be the completion of the module production facility next door over the coming months.
“We will thus cover the complete crystalline value creation chain down to the basic material of polysilicon. This not only guarantees optimum performance and quality from our products, but also enables us to leverage cost reduction and technology potential far more effectively,” says Holger von Hebel, Chief Executive at Bosch Solar Energy AG.
With this new plant, Bosch Solar Energy AG is looking to almost triple its nominal capacity to around 630 megawatts peak and thus provide a major boost to its growth strategy. The expansion of its facilities will be completed next year when the research and development center and the new main administrative building are finished.
The opening ceremony for the whole complex will be held in summer 2011. Bosch will have invested around ?530 million in this location by 2012. This is supposed to create a total of 1,100 jobs.
