Production of Amorphous Silicon Solar Modules in India Based on Indigenous Process and Plant

For increasing the market share of a-Si solar modules it is necessary to bring down its selling price significantly lower than that for c-Si modules. There is no problem in very large scale production of a-Si modules in terms of availability of materials and production technology. Steps have been taken to design a production line for large area single and double junction modules with capacity ges10 MW/Year. With indigenously built plant and machinery and comparatively low cost of operation and maintenance in India we expect to bring down the selling price of a-Si modules to les USD 1.5/pW which will be a significant breakthrough in solar electricity generated through the photovoltaic route