Major PV equipment supplier Meyer Burger is to supply French research centre, Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) with equipment to develop high performance heterojunction (HJT) cells and Meyer Burger’s SmartWire Connection technology (SWCT).
Meyer Burger said that the equipment order amounted to over CHF12 million (US$12.3 million) and was part of a new strategic collaboration with CEA and its Institute of Laboratories for Innovation in New Energy Technologies and Nanomaterials (LITEN) to replace its existing solar manufacturing test equipment and technology.
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The order includes cell coating, testing and next generation bifacial encapsulation technology and equipment for HJT cells, a key next-generation platform for Meyer Burger to offer solar cell producers.
According to Meyer Burger, the tools would also be used for marathon research tests, to verify the technology developments in an industrial environment.
Delivery and installation of the equpiment is scheduled for late 2015.
