Das wird dem Kurs von Solarworld wohl nach oben bringen ...;-)
der Asbeck ist schon ein Hund ... ein gewiefter ;-)
Hillsboro plant likely to open in October
by Richard Read, The Oregonian
Wednesday July 16, 2008, 10:42 AM
SolarWorld, the German company preparing to open a Hillsboro factory, has finished upgrading a solar-panel plant in California that will use cells made by the Oregon facility.
Company officials said Tuesday that the $30 million upgrade in Camarillo, Calif., will triple that plant's capacity. Each year, the factory will produce enough panels to generate 100 megawatts of electricity.
The Hillsboro plant, with about 350 workers initially, will open in mid-October.
"With this, we will meet the booming demand for high-quality solar systems in the USA," said Frank H. Asbeck, chairman and chief executive of SolarWorld AG. "Especially in California, the solar market is growing rapidly. Solar power from the roof will be cheaper than conventional peak-load power in a few years time."
SolarWorld bills its Hillsboro plant, being converted from an unused chip-manufacturing site, as the largest solar factory in the United States. Workers at the $400 million plant will grow silicon crystals and cut them into wafers in a process similar to making semiconductors.
Workers will chemically treat the wafers to create solar cells, which will go to Camarillo, where wafers and cells used to be made. There, the cells will be laminated into photovoltaic modules typically installed on rooftops.
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Solarworld to recruit workers from PCC
POSTED: 04:00 AM PDT Friday, July 11, 2008
BY DJC STAFF
Solarworld, the largest photovoltaic manufacturer in the U.S., has partnered with Portland Community College’s microelectronics program to develop graduates who specialize in solar cell manufacturing.
The solar company wants to develop its future maintenance technicians locally, and the college program offers instruction in the process of integrated chip manufacturing, which is similar to the process for developing solar cells. As a result of the partnership, PCC has developed a new photovoltaic technology associate’s degree and is establishing a scholarship for the program.
Pending state approval, the program will begin serving as many as 40 students in the fall. In addition to the new program, a short-term training certificate of completion in solar technology will also be offered.
Solarworld is expected to hire several hundred workers in the coming months to work at the company’s new 480,000 square foot production plant in Hillsboro.
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