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From: Mr. Sunshine6/25/2008 4:38:59 PM
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Is this ECD technology? Did they supply the equipment? Will they get royalties?

compoundsemi.com

Ulvac to Produce Turn-Key Thin Film Solar Production Equipment
CompoundSemi News Staff
June 25, 2008...Ulvac of Japan, a tech firm formerly know for its vacuum technology, announced plans to start providing turnkey thin-film (non-silicon) solar cell manufacturing equipment, according to a Nikkei Net article. The company is apparently betting heavily on the demand it expects, before it has many customers lined up, the article indicated. The company reportedly spent about 3 billion yen (about $30 million) on a thin film solar cell demonstration production line.

China Solar Power has ordered the equipment to produce 50MW of amorphous thin-film solar cells per year from Ulvac. China Solar Power revealed in the article that it hopes to have its first solar cell production factory up and running in the spring of 2009. The article noted that startup companies hoping to specialize in solar power are looking to turn-key production solutions to start immediately. So far, 50MW of amorphous thin film solar capacity costs about 10 billion yen (about $100 million), the article estimated, but 50MW of polycrystal silicon solar cell production capacity is estimated to cost about 6-7 billion yen (about $60 million to $70 million). Ulvac and companies like it hope to reduce costs for its solar production equipment. Ulvac has made about $2.34 billion (251 billion yen) in estimated revenue for the fiscal year ending in June 2008. Ulvac predicts that in four years it will get about 100 billion yen from turn-key solar production equipment.
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