DelSolar

History

DelSolar was founded in 2004 by the alliance between the parent company, Delta Electronics and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a non-profit research institute located in Taiwan under the supervision of the Republic of China Ministry of Economic Affairs. DelSolar started its initial solar cell production in 2005 and launched the first solar module series in 2009.

The company was listed on Taiwan’s Emerging Board in 2007.

The name DelSolar is a merger of “Delta” and “solar”, the name of the parent company and DelSolar’s main focused industry.

Product history

DelSolar started its initial solar cell production in 2005 with the capacity of 25 megawatts and launched the first solar module series in 2009 with up to 230W power output. The company had 11 production lines with total capacity of 436 megawatts by the end of 2010. DelSolar executed its capacity expansion plans. On 4 June 2010, DelSolar announced its ceremony for Jhunan plant, that was completed and began its mass production in Q2, 2011. The estimated solar cell production capacity can reach 3 GW. The second manufacturing plant, that was planned as a module plant, was expected to be completed at the end of 2012. The module capacities of DelSolar are 45 and 70 megawatts in the Hsinchu and Wujiang plants, respectively. Wujiang plant reached the total solar module capacity at 1 GW in year 2013.

Market performance

In 2009, the total shipment of DelSolar was 90.8 MW. According to the company’s 2009 financial report, total revenues was US$135 M. Approximately 60% of sales were in Europe. DelSolar started their module business in the United States.

World games stadium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan: 1MW

8,844 solar panels were installed. The project was completed in October, 2008. In the first 9 months, the photovoltaic system has generated 110 million MWh of electricity as the annual amount of electricity agreed in the contract. It generated 1.14 GWh of electricity per year, with the ability to sell surplus energy during the non-game period. The solar panels can reduce annual carbon dioxide output by 660 tons.

DelSolar (Wujing) plant, Wujing, China: 115 kW

The photovoltaic system contains 110 kWp of DelSolar’s standard modules and 4 kWp light-through BIPV modules, which has generated 15,946 degree of electricity so far.

Products

Solar cell

DelSolar’s solar cell includes monocrystalline and polycrystalline silicon-based cells, with size of 6 inch, 2 busbars or 3 busbars and the wafer thickness of 180 to 200 mm.