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.
Financing
has
also
come
from
some
banks
and
the
three
partners.
The
thin-film
solar
cells
from
the
factory
will
be
sold
mainly…
