Linde Nippon Sanso recently announced that it has been awarded an exclusive contract to supply high purity gases to Spain’s first thin film solar cell manufacturing plant, set up by T-Solar S.A. in Ourense, Galicia.
Under the agreement, Linde Nippon Sanso will provide T-Solar with turnkey installation of the plant’s bulk and special gases supply systems and ongoing delivery of the gases essential to making thin film solar cells.
Such gases include large volumes of silane and hydrogen gas, used to deposit silicon light absorber layers on large area sheets of glass used in solar panels. The solar cell-photovoltaic market is an increasingly prominent growth driver for the industrial gas business and this latest deal is just another sign of this development.
“As the search for renewable energy sources gains momentum globally, Linde Nippon Sanso’s collaboration with T-Solar is in line with our mission to enable solar energy to achieve grid parity and become more affordable for mass consumption,” said Andreas Guenther, President of Linde Nippon Sanso.
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