Signet Solar
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Signet Solar was established in 2006 in Menlo Park, California
. They produce photovoltaic modules, and have manufacturing plants in India and Germany. The modules are made using thin film silicon technology on large area (5.7 m² (6.8 sq yd)) glass substrates, referred to as Gen 8.5.
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, near Dresden
, began production in 2008 and is expected to have the capacity to produce 120 MWp/year by 2010.
, with an initial capacity of 65 MWp/year when it is completed in 2010, and an eventual capacity of 300 MWp/year. The plant is located in a 6000 acres (2,428.1 ha) master planned industrial and residential community, called Rancho Cielo, and is expected to provide the panels for a 700 acres (283.3 ha), 600 MW solar farm, to provide the majority of the power for the community.
Menlo Park, California
Menlo Park, California is a city at the eastern edge of San Mateo County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, in the United States. It is bordered by San Francisco Bay on the north and east; East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, and Stanford to the south; Atherton, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City...
. They produce photovoltaic modules, and have manufacturing plants in India and Germany. The modules are made using thin film silicon technology on large area (5.7 m² (6.8 sq yd)) glass substrates, referred to as Gen 8.5.
India
Signet Solar India, started in 2007, plans to have the capacity to produce 300 MWp/year by 2012. The factory is located near ChennaiChennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
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Germany
The plant in MochauMochau
Mochau is a municipality in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany....
, near Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
, began production in 2008 and is expected to have the capacity to produce 120 MWp/year by 2010.
New Mexico
In December, plans were announced to begin construction of a plant in Belen, New MexicoBelen, New Mexico
Belen is a city in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States. Belen is Spanish for Bethlehem, and over time has gained the nickname "Hub City" because of the Belen Cutoff of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The Cutoff made it possible for many more trains to travel east and west across...
, with an initial capacity of 65 MWp/year when it is completed in 2010, and an eventual capacity of 300 MWp/year. The plant is located in a 6000 acres (2,428.1 ha) master planned industrial and residential community, called Rancho Cielo, and is expected to provide the panels for a 700 acres (283.3 ha), 600 MW solar farm, to provide the majority of the power for the community.