Unigreen Energy begins on gigawatt HJT factory

• Unigreen Energy, owned by Hevel majority shareholder Ream Management LLC, has begun on a wafer and cell factory that will generate 1.3 GW of silicon n-type monocrystalline ingots and wafers in addition to 1GW of heterojunction technology (HJT) solar cells.

The new EnCore manufacturing facility in Kaliningrad, Russia, which is along the Baltic coast in between Poland and also Lithuania, will certainly be situated at Chernyakhovsk industrial zone. It will certainly be concentrated on HJT, which is on the surge now given the solid international need for very effective solar modules. Manufacturing is scheduled to start in late 2022.

Ream Management LLC, the majority proprietor of Russia-based Hevel Solar, amongst Europe's very early moving companies in HJT, is behind the strategies.

According to Finlay Colville, head of research study at PV Tech's parent business Solar Media: "Currently, Hevel Solar is the leading producer of heterojunction solar cells globally, and the brand-new website in Kaliningrad has the extent to relocate Russian PV producing to levels not seen prior to.

" Concentrating on cell supply (as opposed to module supply that requires vital downstream connections) also permits the manufacturing entity to focus on innovation and also production issues, as well as not be extended between upstream manufacturing and downstream end-market marketing."

The Gigafactory will certainly become the largest manufacturing facility in Europe, that firm asserted. It plans to sell a lot of the created volumes overseas, including Europe, Asia-Pacific and also various other regions.

In September last year, PV Tech reported on the preliminary plans and how, worldwide, there remains a strong cravings to make n-type versions, including heterojunction, as soon as p-type PERC has actually reached its limitations in performance.