Bonn, Germany [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] SolarWorld AG has established Scheuten SolarWorld Solizium GmbH, a joint venture for the future-oriented production of solar silicon with the Dutch company Scheuten Solarholding B.V. to develop and build a manufacturing plant for the production of high purity solar silicon on the basis of metallurgical silicon with an annual capacity of initially 1,000 tons. It is the first time in Germany that a technology for the production of solar silicon using metallurgical silicon available in unlimited quantities is implemented on an industrial scale.
