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India's CEL to build Sudanese module factory
Central Electronics Ltd. (CEL),
an Indian manufacturer of cells and modules, says it has signed a
memorandum of agreement with the government of Sudan to transfer the
technical know-how to build a monocrystalline module factory.
Vinod K. Kaul, CEL's chief
manager, says that construction would start after details are
»firmed
up«
sometime in June. Unlike a memorandum of understanding signed with
Sudan in 2000, Kaul says there are no plans to build a cell factory as
well. The factory, to be owned by the Sudanese government, will buy
5-inch CEL cells, but Kaul says the factory will be free to order
cells from other sources. Module capacity will be about 1 MW per year.
The modules will be marketed by the Sudanese, mostly to be used for
rural electrification projects in 700 villages spread over 14
districts. Kaul, who says he does not know if the Sudanese plan to
export the modules, could not say when the factory will be ready to
start production. An April 28 report in by the Sudanese news agency
Suna says El Tayeb Idris, director of the Sudanese Energy Research
Institute, announced the factory would be inaugurated to coincide with
National Salvation Revolution day on June 30. In 1996, CEL built a
small factory for the Syrian government.
William P.
Hirshman
© PHOTON International, June 2002
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