SolarWorld to Raise (PV) Wafer Production Capacity to 500 Megawatts (per year)

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SolarWorld AG announced today that the company will now further expand its capacity for the production of solar silicon wafers at its Freiberg location from the current 250 Megawatts within the next 28 months to 500 Megawatts.

50 per cent of this volume has already been sold until 2018 by way of long-term supply contracts with the international solar cell industry. The other half will go into the group's internal value creation process. The solar silicon needed for the production of the 500 MW of solar wafers is secured by way of long-term delivery agreements with leading international silicon producers, the establishment of its own silicon factories and its Freiberg recycling facility.

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