Taiwan-based solar cell maker DelSolar will expand its domestic production capacity by setting up a new factory with a planned annual capacity of 700MWp in 2010, while its construction of a factory with 240MWp annual capacity in eastern China is still under way, according to the company.
The site of DelSolar's new factory belongs to the government-run Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) and was originally leased to another Taiwan-based solar cell maker Gintech Energy for a project to house a capacity of 840MWp, according to industry sources. Gintech originally planned to start construction in October 2008 but finally gave up the project, the sources said, adding that the land was then leased to DelSolar.
Article translated by Adam Hwang
