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Second Line Gets Okay
ARISE Technologies PV cell plant achieves site acceptance test on Line 2
ARISE Technologies Corporation has announced that its photovoltaic (PV) cell manufacturing plant in Bischofswerda, Germany has completed on schedule the Site Acceptance Tests (SAT) for Line 2.
“We have produced more than 100,000 PV cells on Line 2 during the commissioning and SAT process,” said vice-president and general manager of ARISE Technologies Germany, Sjouke Zijlstra. “Line 2 is designed to produce 2 and 3 busbar mono-crystalline PV cells. We expect that the PV cells produced on Line 2 will achieve efficiencies of up to 18% once the line is fully optimized. Current efficiencies of Line 2 are at our initial target of up to 17.0%.”
“We have started to ship cells to customers for evaluation. Once this is successfully completed, ARISE expects to begin ramping up commercial production at a rate that will satisfy the demand from our customers. The experience that we gained in optimizing Line 1 over the last year and the significant increase in our yield to above typical industry rates will no doubt be helpful to us as we increase our output on Line 2,” said Mr. Zijlstra.
“Our inline process uses significantly fewer production people and faster cycle-time compared with the more typical batch process. The line was delivered on-time and on-budget by our turnkey equipment supplier, OTB Solar B.V. of Eindhoven, the Netherlands. We are very pleased with our progress on both our Line 1 and now Line 2 operations, and congratulate all who contributed to these achievements. It requires a high level of teamwork and dedication to meet targets such as these in a relatively short timeframe,” Mr. Zijlstra said. “The combination of Line 1 and Line 2 provides us with the ability to ship more than 80MW of PV cells per year,” said ARISE's chairman and chief executive officer, Vern Heinrichs. “We now have the flexibility to meet the requirements of our customers with both high-quality multi-crystalline and mono-crystalline products. We congratulate all of our ARISE Germany team, and all our partners and suppliers.”
“We have produced more than 100,000 PV cells on Line 2 during the commissioning and SAT process,” said vice-president and general manager of ARISE Technologies Germany, Sjouke Zijlstra. “Line 2 is designed to produce 2 and 3 busbar mono-crystalline PV cells. We expect that the PV cells produced on Line 2 will achieve efficiencies of up to 18% once the line is fully optimized. Current efficiencies of Line 2 are at our initial target of up to 17.0%.”
“We have started to ship cells to customers for evaluation. Once this is successfully completed, ARISE expects to begin ramping up commercial production at a rate that will satisfy the demand from our customers. The experience that we gained in optimizing Line 1 over the last year and the significant increase in our yield to above typical industry rates will no doubt be helpful to us as we increase our output on Line 2,” said Mr. Zijlstra.
“Our inline process uses significantly fewer production people and faster cycle-time compared with the more typical batch process. The line was delivered on-time and on-budget by our turnkey equipment supplier, OTB Solar B.V. of Eindhoven, the Netherlands. We are very pleased with our progress on both our Line 1 and now Line 2 operations, and congratulate all who contributed to these achievements. It requires a high level of teamwork and dedication to meet targets such as these in a relatively short timeframe,” Mr. Zijlstra said. “The combination of Line 1 and Line 2 provides us with the ability to ship more than 80MW of PV cells per year,” said ARISE's chairman and chief executive officer, Vern Heinrichs. “We now have the flexibility to meet the requirements of our customers with both high-quality multi-crystalline and mono-crystalline products. We congratulate all of our ARISE Germany team, and all our partners and suppliers.”
