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The international photovoltaic industry uses solar cells to convert light into electricity. With concerns over global warming increasing and technological advances driving prices down, the market is growing by about 25 per cent each year. The composition of demand also is changing. In the 1980s and early 1990s, most solar panels provided remote area power supply or powered consumer products such as watches, calculators and toys, but from around 1995, industry efforts have focused increasingly on developing building-integrated solar panels for grid connected applications. Australian science and innovation are central to the development of solar power. |
The international photovoltaic industry uses solar cells to convert light into electricity. With concerns over global warming increasing and technological advances driving prices down, the market is growing by about 25 per cent each year. The composition of demand also is changing. In the 1980s and early 1990s, most solar panels provided remote area power supply or powered consumer products such as watches, calculators and toys, but from around 1995, industry efforts have focused increasingly on developing building-integrated solar panels for grid connected applications. Australian science and innovation are central to the development of solar power. |
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==Overseas projects== |
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BP Solar is pursuing several overseas projects, including supplying power to 36,000 homes in rural Indonesia, installing 1000 solar devices to provide power to 400 remote villages in the Philippines, and setting up a rural electrification scheme in Malaysia to provide power to 30,000 remote homes in Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia. |
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==New solar cell manufacturing plants== |
==New solar cell manufacturing plants== |
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BP solar is a major worldwide manufacturer and installer of photovoltaic solar cells. [1]
The photovoltaics industry
The international photovoltaic industry uses solar cells to convert light into electricity. With concerns over global warming increasing and technological advances driving prices down, the market is growing by about 25 per cent each year. The composition of demand also is changing. In the 1980s and early 1990s, most solar panels provided remote area power supply or powered consumer products such as watches, calculators and toys, but from around 1995, industry efforts have focused increasingly on developing building-integrated solar panels for grid connected applications. Australian science and innovation are central to the development of solar power.
Overseas projects
BP Solar is pursuing several overseas projects, including supplying power to 36,000 homes in rural Indonesia, installing 1000 solar devices to provide power to 400 remote villages in the Philippines, and setting up a rural electrification scheme in Malaysia to provide power to 30,000 remote homes in Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia.
New solar cell manufacturing plants
BP Solar has begun constructing two new solar photovoltaic (PV) solar cell manufacturing plants, one at its European headquarters in Tres Cantos, Madrid, and the second at its joint venture facility, Tata BP Solar, in Bangalore, India. [2]
For phase one of the Madrid expansion, BP Solar is aiming to expand its annual cell capacity from 55 megawatts (MW) to around 300 MW. Construction of the new Madrid manufacturing facility is underway, with the first manufacturing line expected to be fully operational this year. The Bangalore expansion could add another 300 MW to BP Solar's total capacity. [3]
The new cell lines use innovative screen-printing technology. By fully automating wafer handling, the manufacturing lines will be able to handle the very thinnest of wafers available and ensure the highest quality. [4]
See also
- Green technology
- Renewable energy
- Solar power
- Solar panel
- Solar shingle
- Solar tracker
- Timeline of solar energy
- Photovoltaics
- Photovoltaic array