Energosolar delivers thin-film factory to Solar Pro in Bulgaria

Solar Pro AD and Energosolar Hungary Equipment Manufacturing Ltd. announced today that Energosolar is starting to ship the first production equipments for Solar Pro's new amorphous silicon (aSi) thin-film PV module manufacturing plant in Bulgaria.

Solar Pro AD and Energosolar Hungary Equipment Manufacturing Ltd. announced today that Energosolar is starting to ship the first production equipments for Solar Pro's new amorphous silicon (aSi) thin-film PV module manufacturing plant in Bulgaria.


Energosolar will deliver all the turn-key production equipments from the glass preparation until the final testing of the ready-to-install thin-film modules. The first phase of installation will be finished by end of 2008. The 18MW production line under delivery is expected to reach full capacity by mid 2009 producing some 400.000m2 of high quality thin film PV modules per year.

Key equipments of PE CVDs, lasers, sputtering machines, edge deletion equipments are made by Energosolar, and the deal and delivery also includes all the front- and back-end equipments, the installation and the training of the staff of Solar Pro.

Solar Pro's management expressed its satisfaction with the current cooperation between both companies and is confident, that the project will be fully completed on time.

The Bulgarian company is close to complete on the preparation of the building the necessary utilities.

Energosolar has already running production lines in Hungary, China and equipped in Thailand one of the biggest amorphous silicon thin film PV module manufacturing plant in the world.

· About Solar Pro :

Solarpro finishes its new building, clean room and all the necessary facilities and is ready to install the Energosolar equipment. The first samples are expected in first quarter of 2009. Solarpro already signed the first contract for 2,4 MW solar powerplant situated in NorthEast part of Bulgaria

· About Energosolar:
Energosolar develops, manufactures, sells and implements turn-key factories for the production of amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film solar modules. The company offers scalable, reliable, low cost productions opportunity and proven end product for companies entering in silicon thin-film PV module business. The company has long experience in supplying thin-film production lines with some 60MW capacity already in production and more than 2,5 million modules produced in Asia and Europe. Energosolar expects to install further 120MW of production capacity in 2009

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