COVERSTORY
China fuels Linde’s
market position in
Issue I 2009 global PV industry
Linde wins
Technology company The Linde Group announced Linde’s involvement in the solar industry is much
three new long
the award of three new multi-million US Dollar more comprehensive than just materials supply.
contracts to capture more than 50% of the thin film Customers rely on Linde to bring industry gas
-pv-management.com term thin film photovoltaic (PV) market in China. The agreements technologies into their manufacturing processes
are bolstering the company’s position as a supplier and, finally, to help them deliver on their objective
.solar
contracts to
of bulk and specialty gases to the thin film PV of reducing the cost of solar cell production. Its
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capture over industry. The Linde Group’s local subsidiary, Linde technology focus is an important reason that
50% of the
LienHwa has so far been awarded contracts by customers increasingly choose Linde as their
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Tianwei Baoding, Hangzhou Amplesun Solar and supply partner for these essential materials.
market in ENN Solar in China.
China.
“China is a strong contender to become a model
As part of these new long term contracts, The for the global solar energy market, with the recent
Linde Group will be providing ongoing delivery of rapid paced growth in the photovoltaic market, and
bulk and specialty gases essential to make thin The Linde Group is excited to be a part of this
film solar cells, including large volumes of silane dynamic evolution of the renewable energy
and hydrogen gas, used to deposit silicon light landscape,” said Andy Cook, president of Linde
absorbing layers on large area sheets of glass LienHwa China. “Linde’s successful relationships
used in solar panels. with Tianwei Baoding, Hangzhou Ample Solar and
ENN Solar illustrate our commitment to deploy
China is fast emerging at the forefront of the global innovative approaches to production and utilisation
solar industry, with over 50% growth in solar cell of materials in solar manufacturing. Ultimately,
manufacturing in 2008, a huge jump compared to Linde’s collaboration with such world leading
only 1% five years ago. With these three new companies is aimed at the universal industry goal
contracts, Linde continues to play a crucial role in
enabling China to secure her position as the
world’s leading manufacturer of PV modules.
Linde has the full capability to deliver both gases
and chemicals to solar customers. However,
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