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German solar wafer factory starts up

April 21, 2008 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 86, Issue 16

Polysilicon wafers are tested before being shipped to customers.
Credit: Wacker

Wacker Schott Solar, the joint venture of the German firms Wacker Chemie and Schott Solar, has commissioned a plant in Jena, Germany, that produces silicon wafers for the solar energy industry. By the fall, the venture expects the $80 million plant to be producing enough wafers annually to generate 50 MW of electricity. The new plant will boost the joint venture's total annual wafer capacity to 120 MW. The plant is based on polycrystalline silicon from Wacker.

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