JA Solar to expand capacity in 2011: CEO

JA Solar Holdings Co, the Chinese maker of solar cells as well as modules, plans to expand solar-cell prolongation genius by at least thirty percent subsequent year, BloombergNews reported Saturday, citing the companyschief senior manager military officer Fang Peng.

The Shanghai-based association has an annual genius oftwo gigawatts (gW), about 2.5 times the 2009 level, Fang pronounced in an interview in Beijing. Its in negotiations to build the solar-cell prolongation trickery in the US, he said.

Global installations of solar panels might some-more than stand in to 15.8 gW this year as developers find to set up systems as well as good from government incentives, according to technology researcher Isuppli. Demand might climb to 19.3 gW in 2011, Isuppli pronounced in November.

JA Solar aims to increase the global marketplace share from 10 percent subsequent year as well as is looking opportunities in rising markets together with Canada as well as Africa, Fang said.

The association began producing modules this year as well as has reached 500 megawatts (mW)of capacity. JA Solar has supplied modules to Italy, the US as well as Germany-based companies together with MEMC Electronic Materials Inc, SunEdison LLC as well as BP Solar, Fang said.

JA Solar additionally has genius to turn out 300 mW of solar wafers, Fang said, as well as will expand wafer prolongation as long as it can secure the supply sequence as well as keep costs low.

The association pronounced Dec 2 that it sealed an agreement to buy 10 gW of wafers as well as polysilicon from Hong Kong-listed polysilicon maker GCL Poly Energy Holdings Ltd in between 2011 as well as 2015.


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