All of this provides an excellent opportunity for the development of photovoltaic devices:
1 back to the world's most rapidly growing region, with a huge local market. China's photovoltaic industry in recent years, the growth rate is much faster than the global average. National policies to encourage the development of China's severe environmental situation, the objective is also urgent need to find alternative energy, these are the development of the photovoltaic industry has laid a good foundation.
2 by the international first-class photovoltaic enterprises to lead the entire industry, and equipment and equipment to form a real strategic alliance, the demonstration effect is obvious, completely changed the previous device and process needs of development model, the device can directly synchronize the development of technology, the user really recognize the support of domestic equipment, Chinese PV companies will lose the most important cost competitive advantage. Compared with the IC industry, the demand of equipment, photovoltaic equipment technical requirements to be slightly lower. This is domestic enterprises can accomplish a great deal in the low-end equipment field.
3 has the incomparable advantage of foreign equipment. Through several years of efforts, domestic equipment has been widely recognized in the home market and customers, and received international attention, there are certain brand reputation, and customer communication easier and more convenient, the service more efficient. In a certain extent can make up the deficiency of the early equipment performance and reliability.
4. China PV industry chain has formed the scale and gradually become balanced, good industrial environment to the enterprise equipment development gave strong support: industrial silicon production in the world's first; high-purity silicon production of 100 tons of technology has achieved breakthrough, kiloton class technology to dawn; wafer scale has reached the world level; battery and component industry is leading the world first-class enterprise; solar lamps and lanterns of scale in the world; grid connected generation system is internationally renowned.
To improve efficiency and reduce costs is a top priority
The development of solar cell manufacturing equipment in order to improve the final product quality, photoelectric conversion efficiency, the whole line production efficiency, reduce production costs. Therefore, the future development of technology equipment will always focus on the following aspects: improve the stand-alone automation level, increase the amount of batch loading, improve the production efficiency of single equipment; mechanical hand automatic transfer, online detection, improve production line efficiency, reduce manual intervention, reduce the fragmentation rate; the process is more advanced in technology the equipment, to further improve the photoelectric conversion efficiency of solar cells, reduce the cost per watt; suitable for large size (from the current mainstream 125mm * 125mm and 156mm * 156mm * 210mm to the future development of silicon wafer 210mm etc.), thin silicon (300 m - 270 m - 240 m - 200 m - 180 m) technology, to save materials and reduce the cost of silicon; with exhaust gas collecting and processing equipment, reduce waste and intermediate pollutant emissions, meet more stringent environmental regulations.