On Friday, February 26, National Solar staff joined Solar Oregon, a non-profit that educates consumers about solar power throughout Oregon, on a tour of SolarWorld AG's Hillsboro plant. Transferring silicon wafer and solar cell manufacturing operations from its Vancouver, WA, plant in 2008, the Hillsboro plant celebrated its one-year anniversary Oct. 4, 2009.
Led by Kevin Keene, Northwest Account Manager, the group toured the new facility which produces solar silicon wafers and solar cells capable of generating 500 megawatts of electricity per year.
After touring the facilities to view the multiple stages from silicon crystal growing to solar cell testing, Kevin Keene displays some of the solar cells produced at the Hillsboro plant.
Post-tour, the Solar Oregon group poses in front of a model of the SolarWorld No.1, a solar race car sponsored by SolarWorld AG and developed by the University of Bochum, that runs entirely on solar power. For more information about Solar Oregon, visit their web site at www.Solaroregon.org.
For more information about the Hillsboro plant, check out the link below for an article that appeared in the Hillsboro Argus October 6, 2009.
www.blog.oregonlive.com.
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