Von Ardenne signs contracts for the supply of thin-film PV coating systems
Von Ardenne has received another major contract following the order of a coating system for the mirrors of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) in March.
Von Ardenne concluded contracts for the delivery of several coating systems for the production of thin-film photovoltaic modules with subsidiaries of China National Building Materials (CNBM), the leading state-owned building material industry group in China. The contracts were signed at the SNEC 2016, the leading Asian trade show for Photovoltaics in Shanghai.
The equipment will be used for the production of CIGS solar modules1 in two 300 MW-plants in Bengbu (province Anhui) and Jiangyin (province Jiangsu) as well as the production of CdTe solar modules2 in an 100MW-plant in Chengdu (province Sichuan). State-of-the-art coating systems deposit ultra-thin functional layers on glass substrates in the so-called magnetron sputtering process. These glass substrates will be further processed into solar modules.
The equipment will be gradually delivered and taken into operation within the next two years. This investment is part of CNBM's long-range plan to build factories for the production of photovoltaic modules with an overall annual capacity of 15 GW worldwide.
