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Brandenburg an der Havel (ots) - The Johanna Solar Technology GmbH has started production. "An important milestone has been achieved. All necessary steps for the commercialisation of our high quality and high yield thin-film solar modules have been introduced", says Dr. Volker Probst, CTO of Johanna Solar. With this, the production site with a nominal capacity of 30 MW is ready for serial production, only one year after the installation of the process equipment. The silicon-free thin film solar modules of Johanna Solar, based on the CIGSSe technology are completely black and offer both technological and aesthetic advantages. "The road-map for the further technological development of our production is clear", so the Johanna managing directors Peter Forch and Gerhard Bookjans. The goal is the continuous increase in efficiency and the reduction of production costs. "This will be rewarded by the market", say the managing directors. The products made by Johanna Solar Technology GmbH will be distributed through aleo solar AG from early summer 2009 onwards. "We are very proud to add these high quality solar modules to our product portfolio" says aleo solar chairman of the board, Jakobus Smit. aleo solar especially anticipates a high demand for Johanna products in the strongly developing business of roof installations in Germany, Italy and France. About the company Johanna Solar Technology GmbH is a leading manufacturer of thin film solar modules of the latest generation. These high performance modules convert the sun's energy directly into electricity. They are based on copper, indium, gallium, sulphur and selenium - known in short as CIGSSe. The nominal capacity of the first phase of the production plant in Brandenburg an der Havel is 30 MW. A major shareholder in Johanna Solar Technology is the publicly quoted aleo solar AG, holding a 19% share. Originaltext: Johanna Solar Technology GmbH digital press kits: http://www.presseportal.de/pm/73758 press kits via RSS: http://www.presseportal.de/rss/pm_73758.rss2 Pressekontakt: Florian Fey T: +49 3381 79 75 120 M: +49 151 682 55984 Email: fey@johanna-solar.com
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November 27, 2008 16:25 ET (21:25 GMT)
