"The growing national and international market opportunities for building integrated photovoltaics clearly support this decision to expand the XsunX business model from a purely licensing and equipment sales model into one of manufacturing the solar devices ourselves here in the U.S.," sayd Mr Tom Djokovich, CEO of XsunX. "As we work with manufacturing licensees globally on assessing the size of the markets and the return on investment of our manufacturing systems, it became obvious that it was a business opportunity we could not ignore.", he added.
The plant will be able to produce 5 MW per year in its initial phase, although XsunX will be able to increase capacity by adding new 5-megawatt modules.
This is great news for the industry and users, as thin film solar technology seems to be more aesthetically pleasant than conventional silicon one, as it can be integrated basically anywhere. It also represents a good alternative to avoid an excessive dependency on silicon, which has brought some supply shortages in the last year. Plants like the new one announced by XsunX could trigger a greater interest in thin film technology.
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