Powerway constructs PV mounting system factory in South Africa

  • Powerway is the first Chinese company that has opened a factory in South Africa. Image: Powerway
    Powerway is the first Chinese company that has opened a factory in South Africa. Image: Powerway

Powerway has set up its first 500MW facility for PV mounting systems in Kimberly, South Africa, the company has announced. At an investment seminar in Guangszhou, China, Powerway CMO Sherry Shi elaborated on Powerway’s new South African facility. She thanked the South African Consulate General and the Guangdong Provincial Bureaus of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (BOFTEC) for their guidance and cooperation.

“Thanks to the excellent coordination between the South African Department of Trade and Industry, the government and the South African Consulate General, Shanghai, the construction of Powerway’s new 500MW factory in Kimberly is close to completion. The first consignment of production equipment will be shipped to South Africa from Guangdong at the end of June and I am pleased to announce that the factory will start production before August. We are confident that Powerway will provide significant support to South African solar farm projects, with reliable, locally-produced mounting structures as well as high quality services,” Powerway CMO Sherry Shi commented.

Newsletter

Preview Latest
Subscribe
We won't share your details - promise!

Publications

  • Photovoltaics International 19th Edition

    For manufacturers who had their heads in the bunker during 2012, fighting falling ASPs and eroding margins, the nineteenth edition brings you details of what lies in store for this coming year. Wright Williams & Kelly return in this issue with their popular analysis of payback on technology buys; crucially they analyze n-type wafers, Al2O3 passivation and copper metallization. SERIS shows us how to achieve 18.7% efficiencies using low-cost etching techniques on diffused wafers. We also have two important technology roundups: CIGS from Helmholtz Berlin, and PV module encapsulation techniques from Fraunhofer ISE.

  • Manufacturing The Solar Future: The 2013 Production Annual

    In the ever-changing global solar markets, cost reduction and measures to increase cell efficiencies are the key tools available to PV manufacturers to create new opportunities and drive your business to the next level. Manufacturing the Solar Future 2013 is the third in the Photovoltaics International PV Production Annual series, delivering the next instalment of in-depth technical manufacturing information on PV production processes designed to help you gain the competitive edge.

Partners

Acknowledgements

Solar Media