United Solar Ovonics producing flexible solar panels at 58 Mw / yr

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United Solar Ovonic, a wholly owned subsidiary of ECD Ovonics, by building upon the technology invented and pioneered by ECD Ovonics, has become the world leader in thin-film amorphous photovoltaics (PV) technology and commercial applications.

United Solar Ovonic’s first football-field long proprietary continuous web triple-junction solar cell manufacturing machine — designed and built by ECD Ovonics’ Production Technology and Machine Building Division — is operating at its full-rated capacity and is considered the world’s largest and most advanced machine for manufacture of thin-film amorphous silicon alloy solar cells and related products used in a variety of applications.

Currently, United Solar Ovonic's Auburn Hills 1 (AH1) facility operates at 28MW annual production capacity. The Auburn Hills 2 (AH2) location operates at 30MW and is a duplicate of its AH1 facility.
AH2 began commercial production in December 2006.

The next phase of the expansion has already begun and includes the construction of a third manufacturing facility in Greenville, Michigan — Greenville 1 (GV1) with an annual production capacity of 60MW. GV1 is anticipated to become operational in 2007. A fourth manufacturing facility, Greenville 2 (GV2), with an annual production capacity of 60MW, is expected to become operational in 2008.