Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. says its in-house polysilicon manufacturing facility, Fine Silicon Co. Ltd., has begun commercial operation. Fine Silicon announced it has commenced trial production and reached certain key technology and operating milestones in December 2009.
With monosilane-based polysilicon manufacturing technology, the polysilicon plant, with a designed capacity of 3,000 metric tons per year is capable of producing solar-grade and electronic-grade polysilicon through energy-efficient and environmentally friendly manufacturing processes, Yingli says. No trichlorosilanes or chlorides are used in the manufacturing process.
SOURCE: Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd.
