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First Solar gets equipment delivery

First Solar Vietnam, a global manufacturer of photovoltaic systems, on January 30 received the first consignment of equipment for manufacturing its series 6 photovoltaic module at the Dong Nam Industrial Zone in Ho Chi Minh City.
First Solar gets equipment delivery ảnh 1First Solar Vietnam, a global manufacturer of photovoltaic systems, on January 30 received the first consignment of equipment for manufacturing its series 6 photovoltaic module at the Dong Nam Industrial Zone in HCM City (Photo: nangluongvietnam.vn)
HCM City (VNA) -First Solar Vietnam, a global manufacturer of photovoltaic systems, on January30 received the first consignment of equipment for manufacturing its series 6photovoltaic module at the Dong Nam Industrial Zone in Ho Chi Minh City.

The equipment that arrived is aprimary component for a vapour transport deposition coater, a machine thatapplies semiconductor material to glass.

The series 6 will debut with ananticipated 445-watt generation capacity and 18 percent conversion efficiency.

Speaking at the equipmentwelcoming event, Chan See Chong, managing director of First Solar Vietnam,emphasised the important role of the company’s Vietnam facility to its future.

The company has invested anadditional 360 million USD to build a second factory also in the Dong Nam IndustrialZone, taking its investment in the country to 830 million USD.

Production is expected to startin the last quarter of this year.

When the two plants areoperational, they will have a capacity of 2.4GW of series 6 modulesannually.-VNA
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