U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke meets with Astronergy Solar Chief
Executive Officer Dr. Liyou Yang
HANGZHOU, China, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The 20th China-U.S. Joint
Commission on Commerce and Trade was held in HangzhouOctober 28-29; the theme
this year was new energy. Gary Locke met with Astronergy Solar Chief Executive
Officer Dr. Liyou Yang in Hangzhou, during which time they discussed deep
cooperation between China and the U.S. in the field of new energy.
Locke inquired of Dr. Liyou Yang in detail about Astronergy Solar's
products, and showed great interest in the company's technological
achievements. In addition, they discussed the ways in which China and the U.S.
cooperate in the field of new energy, such as joint investments in the
utilization of solar energy, and the vision of establishing production and R&D
facilities in the U.S. Locke introduced the efforts made by the U.S. to
promote the development of new energies. According to him, some states have
launched incentive policies, and Chinese enterprises are welcome to invest in
these regions. Locke also said they will bring together new energy enterprises
in both China and the US, including manufacturing and application companies,
to hold seminars on further promoting bilateral cooperation in the field.
"Astronergy Solar's management team has a strong background in the U.S.,
with key members all having studied or worked in the country for many years,"
Dr. Liyou Yang said, "As a stimulus package for the development of the US's
photovoltaic industry has been put into effect, we believe that the nation
will become as the world's largest photovoltaic market. With the efforts made
by our team, our company will perform well."
Dr. Liyou Yang has more than twenty years of experience in the research
and development of thin film solar power technology in the U.S. Astronergy
Solar's parent company, Chint Group, is among leading Chinese private
enterprises. Cunhui Nan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chint Group,
has been elected as one of the China Economy Top 10 News Icons and a member of
National People's Congress. The cooperation between Cunhui Nan and Dr. Yang
has allowed Chint Group to make inroads into the field of new energy, with
operations covering low- and high-voltage electric apparatus as well as solar
power. The cooperation was also regarded as a model in the economic field of
Sino-U.S. new energy at the time. The high efficiency thin-film PV having
begun mass production this year, taking a leading international position in
terms of conversion efficiency and raising the technological level and status
of China's photovoltaic industry.
About Astronergy Solar
Founded in 2006, Astronergy Solar is based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.
In addition to c-Si based PV products, the company is also one of the first in
the world, and the first Chinese company, to bring mass production of high
efficiency tandem junction thin film technology (a-Si/uc-Si) to market.
Astronergy Solar is led by a global management team with a half-century of
experience in thin film research & development. In June 2009, it inaugurated
its first 30 MW a-Si/uc-Si mass production line, and expects to reach 1 GW
production capacity by 2012.
For more information, please contact:
Astronergy Solar
Phone: +86-571-5603-2340
Email: sales@astronergy.com
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