REC Group reviews French module gigafactory

• The Norwegian solar producer is thinking about a 2 GW heterojunction solar module manufacturing facility in Sarreguemines, in the northeast of the nation.

Norwegian solar producer REC Group has actually informed pv magazine it is taking into consideration developing a 2 GW heterojunction module manufacturing facility in France.

" After the effective launch of the innovative REC Alpha photovoltaic panel at Intersolar Europe in May 2019, the REC Group revealed in August 2019 that the introducing global solar firm means to enhance its manufacturing ability by 600 MW, in heterojunction innovation for Alpha, with numerous gigawatts [of manufacturing capability], together with a prospective tactical companion," an REC Group speaker informed pv magazine France.

The Norwegian maker stated it was taking into consideration websites as well as companions worldwide, consisting of in Europe, because "Europe is typically an essential market for REC."

The producer claimed a 2 GW plant in Sarreguemines, in the Grand Est area of northeastern France, was amongst the alternatives on the table.

The discovery came soon after REC Group calculated companion Meyer Berger mentioned comparable strategies, albeit in Germany, with the Swiss solar devices distributor mooting a gigafactory in North Rhine-Westphalia which might provide a huge floating solar project on the Hambach open-cast coal mine. Those suggestions were exposed by Meyer Burger MD Gunter Erfurt in a German radio meeting.

With strategies being created for gigawatt range fabs on both financial institutions of the Rhine, Xavier Daval-- head of state of the solar payment of French sector body the Syndicat des Energies Renouvelables-- the other day made his pitch to pv magazine pushing the cases for France to organize the very first module gigafactory in Europe and also for the sector to prevent pitching 2 such centers right into instant straight competitors.