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Denmark's first solar cell factory to open in Copenhagen
A fledging Danish technology company ready to build Denmark's first fully automated solar cell factory
A fledging Danish technology company, RAcell, is ready to build Denmark's first fully automated solar cell factory in Copenhagen, reports financial daily newspaper Børsen. According to the article, RAcell has a new patented technology which can simultaneously make the solar cells larger, cheaper and more effective in relation to promising new markets.
Yakov Safir, the founder and owner of RAcell, comments to Børsen: "We are starting up with smaller-scale production in 2010, and in 2011 we will open a completely new large scale factory covering 5,000 to 10,000 square metres." Safir adds that the project will be 100% Danish owned with both institutional and industrial investors.
RAcell believes it is in a good position to compete in the rapidly growing global solar cell market, for three reasons. Firstly, it can make solar cells two to four times larger than today's 156 x 156 mm standard and thus markedly increase effectiveness. Secondly, the company can use a less pure type of silicon and so markedly decrease costs. And thirdly, the solar cells can be combined in large multifunctional modules that RAcell already produces today, including the world's most powerful module (800 watts) which is made for a leading Danish company.
Although Denmark has a number of significant players in the solar cell market, only RAcell has so far elected to produce the solar cells themselves. According to solar cell expert Peter Ahm from RA Energy, it is not too late despite global giants like Bosch and Siemens moving into solar cells with big investments.
"We have seen in foreign countries that there is still space for small players if they have the right solutions. And that is the case for RAcell," says Ahm.
