Chinese Manufacturer, LDK Solar Starts Solar Wafer Production

jpak

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Sun May-07-06 11:41 AM
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Chinese Manufacturer, LDK Solar Starts Solar Wafer Production

Edited on Sun May-07-06 11:45 AM by jpak

http://www.solarbuzz.com/News/NewsASMA64.htm

GT Solar Technologies has completed the first phase of a turnkey solar manufacturing line for LDK Solar in China, which has just started production of solar wafers in what today's announcement says will eventually be a one Gigawatt manufacturing line.

GT Solar Technologies was instrumental in the design and layout of the LDK factory in Jiangxi Province, China, as well as the manufacture and installation of the equipment that LDK is using in its Phase One, 75 megawatt manufacturing line.

LDK will ramp up that line to 200 megawatts by the end of 2006 and to 400 megawatts by the end of 2007. LDK's ultimate plan calls for growth to a one gigawatt manufacturing line , which would make it one of the world's largest manufacturers of solar wafers.

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madrchsod

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Sun May-07-06 11:47 AM
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1. no wonder we are screwed

china develops and provides jobs for it`s citizens,bush does nothing and we loose our future

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aquart

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Sun May-07-06 11:51 AM
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2. Yup.

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Bruce McAuley

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Sun May-07-06 01:14 PM
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3. So do we get big solar panels for $39.99 at WalMart next year?

Just wondering what the eventual cost of goods sold will get down to?

Bruce

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shireen

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Sun May-07-06 03:04 PM
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4. the US should be leading in solar power

instead we're still fighting wars for oil. The Bush administration screw-ups are going to affect us for generations to come. It's sick!

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jpak

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Mon May-08-06 11:15 AM
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5. and in other news....

International funds injected in solar cell project in Changzhou

http://www.interfax.com/4/154510/news.aspx

Shanghai. May 8. INTERFAX-CHINA - Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd., a solar cell producer based in Changzhou in Jiangsu Province, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Merrill Lynch and Milestone CapitalManagement Ltd. on April 29. After three months of talks, Merrill Lynch and Milestone Capital Management agreed to provide funds of USD 30 mln to Trina Solar Energy to expand its production capacity. It is estimated that the Trina will lift output to 50 MW in 2006, and the company aims to lift that to 200 MW in 2008 and 360 MW in 2010 with the support of international funds. A complete industrial chain will be finished at that time.

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Javaman

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Tue May-09-06 11:00 AM
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6. And Rome continues to burn...nt

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phantom power

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Tue May-09-06 11:24 AM
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7. Seems like solar thermal would be more a more cost effective investment

Or wind, even more so.

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