The world’s largest foundry TSMC announced on last Saturday in September to open the construction of thin film solar cell factory.
TSMC’s new business development, said Rick Tsai, president of the new plant CIGS thin film solar modules focus on the development, which is purchased in January this year, Taiwan’s largest maker Motech solar energy industry, Motech, after 20% stake in another big move. Motech is the world in 2007, has 6 major solar cell manufacturers.
Work in green jobs will be the opening ceremony, Tsai said the new plant will be located in Hsinchu, Taiwan Semiconductor’s LED R & D centers, and the official start next month.
In fact the plant has been in civil engineering begun in March this year, 2011, to volume production.
Series of actions taken this year, TSMC positive to enter the solar field, it has not only Taiwan’s Motech’s largest shareholder, and, on July it acquired the U.S. Company Stion PV 21% of shares were thin film solar cells manufacturing technology.
In addition, UMC, TSMC’s rival in the field of thin film solar walk in front of TSMC, UMC as early as 2005, to create their own thin-film solar company NexPower, and have mass production.
TSMC believe that they have many years experience in the development of semiconductors, can accelerate the development of green energy industry. CAI was because during the period 2005 to 2009 served as chief executive officer of TSMC.
CAI also said that TSMC in the next 12 months will increase by at least 500 jobs to the development of green energy business.
Moreover, Taiwan’s largest solar wafer manufacturers with Sino American Products American Silicon will also recruit in the coming five years will increase the 2400-6000 jobs.
Sino American president, Mr. Luo said the merged company’s total revenues from January to June this year, according to the same period last year, compared with growth of 80% and 2010 revenue is expected to be more than 21 billion Taiwan dollars, the company forecast revenue in 2015 will reach 600-650 billion USD.