Final_report_pub1.pdf

O'Brien, Nicholas¹ 

[1] Soitec Solar Industries LLC, San Diego, CA (United States)

关键词: CPV;    Module manufacturing;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1184218
RP-ID  :  DOE-SOITEC--5739
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1184218

学科分类：再生能源与代替技术

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The paper describes Soitecs project to plan,install,qualify and ramp a high volume CPV module manufactruing facility in Southern California. Soitec???s CPV module factory in San Diego was planned with an annual production capacity of 280MWDC. It was scheduled to be operational by the first quarter of 2013, and was expected to create several hundred direct and indirect jobs in the San Diego region. From ground breaking to facility readiness was completed in six months. This enabled the docking of equipment in the Q3???12 time frame. The first 140 MW of capacity was ready for operation in Q4???12. Production of the CX-M500 modules started in Q4 2012. The line yield and factory capacity were ramped in 2013. The annual production capacity demonstration was successfully completed in Q2 2014. The modules manufactured at the plant were used to supply utility scale demand in the US and also world markets.