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Im Anhang befinden sich ein paar sehr interessante Informationen zu dem "geheimen" Auftraggeber von Hightech-Zellfertigungsanlagen - Solivo - von Singulus. Siehe Posting:
#6273 Geheimer Großauftrag ist von Silevo 26.04.15.
Anhand der vereinbarten "Milestones" gibt es folgendes von Silevo zu beweisen:
Bis zum 31.Dezember 2015 hat Solivo nachzuweisen, dass eine Volumenproduktion mit dem vorgegeben Zell- / Modulwirkungsgrad herstellbar ist !
Bis zum 31.Dezember 2017 hat Solivo die 1GW Produktionskapazität zu installieren und aufzuzeigen, dass die angestrebten Zielproduktionskosten erfüllt werden.
Will SolarCity’s 1GW Buffalo Riverbend production plant be a dream or a dread?
By Mark Osborne
16 Mar 2015
SolarCity, the largest residential solar PV installer in the US, has started down a path to become the largest domestic producer of solar cells and modules after construction of its ambitious 1GW Buffalo Riverbend Manufacturing Facility started in September last year.
Not only is the plan highly ambitious but the construction, tool install, qualification and ramp of the facility are also aggressive, especially when factoring in the use of high-efficiency cell technology from a start-up, Silevo.
This has raised a few eyebrows within the PV industry and investor community as the risks are high and the dream to become an integrated producer could end up crippling the company.
Status of PV manufacturing in the US
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SolarCity’s management also highlighted that with future growth expected in rooftop PV installations, the high-efficiency modules needed to provide the lowest installation costs would not be available in the quantities it would require. Therefore future growth of the company determined the need to become an integrated manufacturer.
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SolarCity has been specific in acquiring Silevo, which is focused on lower-cost but high-efficiency monocrystalline cells and modules, a segment dominated by SunPower and Panasonic.
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However, on the official announcement of the plant, New York State had agreed to put US$750 million into building the facility, supporting infrastructure and manufacturing equipment.
It was understood at the time that SolarCity would lease the facility for 10 years and over that period invest US$5 billion into running the facility.
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Not only are the facility and equipment being completely subsidised, but SolarCity is also leasing the manufacturing facilities for US$1.0 per year plus cost of utilities for an initial 10-year period. There would be no charge for using the equipment through the period of the initial lease.
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The US$5 billion spend in the region remains in place but penalties exist on an annual basis of US$41.2 million to the Research Foundation under a ‘program payment’ should generally accepted annual spending not be met, which includes ‘job creation obligations’.
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It is also not just SolarCity that is under pressure to meet targets. Silevo has three key milestones to meet for its investors to receive full payment from SolarCity under the US$200 million all-stock transaction agreed in the acquisition and the further US$150 million promised when fixed milestones for the project are met.
The first US$50 million ‘earnout’, which is payable before 31 December 2015, requires Silevo to complete a new R&D production facility located in the US, which is capable of volume production with the targeted cell/module efficiency requirements.
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The second earnout requires both volume production with target efficiency requirements from the new R&D production facility in Fremont and the completion and full equipment commissioning of the 1GW Buffalo manufacturing facility. The date for the earnout is before 31 December 2017, which seems doable within less than 12 months should the facility be built and the tool install go to schedule.
However the caveat here is that the third earnout, paid on the same date considerations of the second earnout, requires Silevo to meet volume production with target cost structures and cell/module efficiency requirements from the 1GW fab.
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Those concerned with SolarCity’s production plans and milestones have drawn attention to the fact that there isn’t another company or project that has been so aggressive on all the key metrics and that it is therefore unprecedented.
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Quelle:
www.pv-tech.org/mobile/blogs/...ion_plant_be_a_dream_or_a_dreaSiehe auch:
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#6273 Geheimer Großauftrag ist von Silevo 26.04.15.
SolarCity investing $5B in Buffalo, creating 3,000 jobs
September 23, 2014,
Quelle:
wivb.com/2014/09/23/...sting-5b-in-buffalo-creating-3000-jobs/Tesla Motors' Elon Musk Wheels and Deals to Save NY Gov. Cuomo
18 Dec 2014
Quelle:
www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/613869Dream or DREAD ?!
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