Company Overview
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Production Facility
Dresden Germany
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Signet Solar Inc.
Signet Solar is a global company, founded to design and manufacture large area, low cost, thin film silicon Photovoltaic (PV) modules. Signet Solar’s mission is to accelerate the adoption of solar PV by rapidly expanding manufacturing capacity and significantly reducing the cost of solar modules through innovations and manufacturing excellence.
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Leadership Team
Led by executives with extensive experience in thin film technology, technology commercialization, semiconductor manufacturing, and global operations, Signet Solar is poised to become a premier player in the fast growing solar energy market.
Technology and Manufacturing
Signet Solar brings a unique combination of US technology, German engineering, and global operations to deliver low cost, high quality modules and high volume production capability.
Signet Solar products use thin film silicon technology on large area (5.7m2) glass substrates. This low cost technology, combined with Signet Solar’s proprietary product design, innovative device architecture, and optimized manufacturing processes, will lead to an industry leading solar module cost structure.
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Large Area PV Module Manufacturing
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Signet Solar is leveraging the equipment set and manufacturing learning curve associated with manufacturing flat panel displays and semiconductors. Signet Solar will ramp up production in Q3 2008 near Dresden, Germany, using a fully-integrated thin film solar production line from Applied Materials. Its German research and development center is developing and implementing innovative device architectures and manufacturing methods on this initial technology platform. Signet plans to expand capacity in Germany to 120 MW by 2010 and establish manufacturing facility in India with a capacity of 300 MW by 2012.
Products and Applications:
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PV Solar Farm
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Performance, aesthetics, quality and reliability - these are the cornerstones of Signet Solar’s product strategy. Innovative product design, strong engineering and top quality manufacturing, combined with process control to semiconductor standards, will enable world class performance, quality and reliability.
Key applications for Signet Solar PV modules are:
• Solar Farms
• Commercial Installations
• Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)
• Remote habitation
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