Moser Baer photovoltaic cell unit starts trial run

02 March 2007

Mumbai: Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Ltd (MBPV), wholly owned subsidiary of optical storage device maker Moser Baer India, has successfully completed final line integration and trials on its initial 40 MW crystalline photovoltaic cell production facility.

MBPV, which had recently tied up with Germany's Deutsche Solar for sourcing silicon wafers, said it is on target to achieve 80MW of capacity in the second half of 2007.

"We are delighted to commence trial run on the state-of- art and first of its kind fully integrated in-line cell manufacturing facility. It provides inherent flexibility to use 5 and 6 inch wafers in both mono and multi-crystalline formats," Ravi Khanna CEO, MBPV, said in a filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

The tie-up with Deutsche Solar ensured that the company received over 50 per cent of its requirements.

The company said it would rapidly increase deployment of thinner wafers and set industry benchmarks in production efficiencies in line with its strategy to emerge as one of the leading companies in the photovoltaic space.

MBPV plans to straddle multiple future technologies and emerge as an engineering and technology driven company. The company is decisively responding to the rapidly expanding solar PV market, where worldwide demand far outstrips supply.