The company SEG Solar has obtained necessary permits and formalized a land use agreement to establish a vertical photovoltaic manufacturing plant , with a potential 5 GW energy capacity in Batang, Indonesia.
A vertical photovoltaic manufacturing plant
The construction of this plant will be carried out in several phases and will be located in the Batang region, Central Java province. The initial phase of the project aims to achieve an annual production capacity of 5 GW for solar cells and 3 GW for modules . Furthermore, this first stage is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2025.
[post_relacionado]Once 100% operational, the plant will be able to cover everything from wafer manufacturing to module creation. However, the company has not revealed what specific technology will be produced at this Indonesian plant. On the other hand, the investment in this solar plant will exceed 500 million dollars and will cover a land area of more than 40 hectares.
In addition, Jun Zhuge, founder and COO of SEG Solar , explained that “Integrated design throughout the entire industrial chain is essential for SEG to comply with legal supply chain standards. Through the coordination of upstream and downstream processes, SEG ensures the supply of clean and traceable green products to the US, European and Indonesian markets, thereby facilitating the global transition to green, low-carbon energy.“.
The energy supply of the solar plant
The solar cells produced at the Indonesia plant will supply the assembly plants with essential elements for the operation of the company’s modules, located in China, Thailand and the United States.
For example, in the United States, the company is building a 2 GW tunnel oxide passivated contact ( TOPCon ) module assembly plant in Texas, which is expected to begin operations this year. In 2023, the company completed the financing of this module assembly plant with an investment of more than 60 million dollars.
One of the company’s plants in the United States. Source: SEG Solar.
Finally, SEG Solar aims to achieve an annual nominal capacity of 5.5 GW of modules in all its plants by the end of this year. This development in Indonesia adds to progress in the country, where Singapore-based PV manufacturer Gstar recently broke ground on a 3 GW silicon wafer plant. This plant is expected to begin production at the end of 2024.
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Source and photo: SEG Solar