Meyer Burger launches a new product platform to optimize solar module production.
Module manufacturer Meyer Burger has unveiled a new product platform for its solar modules, facilitating the scalability of new manufacturing capabilities and expediting mass production.
The new product can also be integrated with upcoming solar cell technologies like IBC-HJT (heterojunction) and tandem HJT-perovskite. The company states that planned products include various features from glass-glass and glass-backsheet modules, such as durability, bifaciality, lightweight design, and high sustainable performance, alongside multiple editions available in different colors.
Moreover, the new product can eliminate downtime caused by product changes and complex procurement logistics processes resulting from product diversity. This helps Meyer Burger further reduce manufacturing costs.
The product manufacturing will take place in the United States.
Looking ahead, Meyer Burger aims to produce solar modules with a total capacity of around 800 MW by 2023. This is in response to ongoing disruptions in the global supply chains of certain industrial electronic components. The company is also preparing production lines for the new platform, which will result in a lower production volume.
Last month, Meyer Burger entered into a silicon wafer supply agreement with Norwegian solar energy company NorSun. This agreement will enable Meyer Burger to increase its share of European-origin wafers, bolstering the "resilience of its supply chains." The company's goal is to expand its production of solar cells and modules to an annual capacity of 3 GW by 2024.
This agreement follows Meyer Burger's previous deal with Norwegian Crystals, signed last year, for European-manufactured silicon wafers.
