GET certifies Applied Materials SunFab thin-film PV line

clipped from www.worldofphotovoltaics.com Green Energy Technology (GET), a Taiwan-based maker of solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers and amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, has certified its 8.5G SunFab thin-film line supplied by Applied Materials GET began trial run of the SunFab line towards the end of 2008 and recently passed final tests in all respects of performance, GET indicated. Applied Materials will maintain cooperation with GET to raise the efficiency of a-Si thin-film PV module production, according to Randhir Thakur, Applied Materials' senior vice president and general manager for the SunFab Thin-film Solar and Display Business Group. The 8.5G line will turn out 2.2 x 2.6m (5.72 square meters) a-Si thin-film PV modules, the largest of its kind so far in Taiwan, GET said.