The equal share joint venture 3Sun is scheduled to start thin-film solar cell production in the second-half of 2011, using an existing facility of ST in Catania, Sicily Region in Italy.
The plant will start operations with an initial annual output capacity of 160MW, which would be expanded to an annual production capacity of 480MW.
The PV panel factory received €49m of funding from the Italian Joint Ministerial Committee for Economic Planning.
