Masdar, an Abu Dhabi-based renewable energy company, has broken ground on its first thin-film photovoltaic production plant in Ichtershausen, Germany.
The German plant marks the first phase of Masdar's $2 billion investment in thin-film PV manufacturing. Scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2009, the plant has a targeted annual production capacity of 70 MW. It will produce PV modules on equipment from supplier Applied Materials.
SOURCE: Masdar