2010年5月31号，SolarWorld的晶圆生产厂在Freiberg举行落成典礼，这些晶体太阳能电池的高效性使得公司的年产量由750MW增长至1GW。
气候问题的不断出现迫使我们使用越来越多的无碳能源，SolarWorld的做法得到德国能源部的支持，而这次SolarWorld将会为新设施投资3.5亿欧元，这使得此次投资成为德国光伏业最大的商业投资之一。
工厂的生产线将是全自动的，这样可以很好地保证低成本，低能耗，低水耗和高效生产，结晶过程中余热还可以用于整个工厂的加热系统，而1700的雇佣量更是让它成为当地最大的雇主。
SolarWorld AG today inaugurated its new solar wafer production in the presence of Germany´s Federal Environment Minister Röttgen in Freiberg.
As a result, the Group will have a total production capacity of 750 Megawatt worth of crystalline solar wafers in Germany by the end of the year. These in turn will be the building blocks for the production of highly efficient crystalline solar cells. The Buildings and infrastructure are already in place for the further expansion to 1 GW.
“The constantly progressing climate change is forcing us to make our energy supply more and more carbon free. My idea is that by 2050 the renewable energies will cover our energy needs almost completely”, says Environment Minister Röttgen during the celebrations at Freiberg’s Industrial Estate East. “A new market is emerging, in Germany and worldwide. It is only through permanent innovation and a brand strategy that the German manufacturers can stand their ground in this increasingly tougher international competition. SolarWorld has adopted a very good approach here and I am positive that SolarWorld AG will continue to write its success story.”
In total, SolarWorld will be investing 350 million Euro in this new production facility.
“This makes it one of the largest investments in the photovoltaic business ever made in Germany”, explains Frank H. Asbeck, Chairman and CEO of SolarWorld AG. “At all our locations we are producing to high quality, environmental and social benchmarks setting standards worldwide. Freiberg as the very heart of our worldwide production will be further expanded and in doing so we will send out a signal against the industry trend of outsourcing production capacities to other countries.”
With the new building SolarWorld will become even more efficient in production: The entire manufacturing process is fully automated and can boast low energy and water consumption. In addition, the waste heat from crystallization is used to heat the entire building. At its largest production site worldwide in Freiberg SolarWorld employs 1,700 people which makes it the largest industrial employer in the rural district of Central Saxony.
