Suntech to reach 10 GW of yearly output capacity by year-end

• The Chinese manufacturer has finished the very first 1.5 GW stage of its 10 GW growth plan. It will certainly release another 4 GW phase by the end of this year at two new centers in China's Jiangsu district.

Chinese PV module maker Wuxi Suntech has completed the first 1.5 GW stage of its 10 GW capacity development strategy.

With the new capacity at its manufacturing facility in Wuxi, Jiangsu district, the company's total module result now stands at 6 GW, on top of 4.5 GW of ability at its manufacturing facilities in Wuxi and also Changzhou, Jiangsu.

" We will rise to 10 GW by the end of this year," Wuxi Suntech informed pv magazine. The extra 4 GW will be located at two even more manufacturing facilities in Yangzhou as well as Zhenjiang, both in Jiangsu province.

For phase one, the module maker spent around CNY490 million ($ 70.2 million). It stated the new lines cover all mainstream modern technologies and also are compatible with multi-busbar cells of numerous formats, from 166mm to 182mm, including 78-cell solar modules, as well as room to update to 210mm large-format cells.

" Suntech will maintain upgrading the Wuxi production facility with smart technology later on this year," the business stated. "( It) is committed to developing a nationwide pilot presentation project of intelligent production and also a national project of smart production with comprehensive standardization and also application of brand-new settings, which will certainly enable the Wuxi manufacturing center to accomplish AI smart inspection and also IV automatic screening and other technological enhancements."