Hanwha SolarOne, Ltd. is a Chinese

China

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 manufacturer of photovoltaic cell

Solar cell

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s and panels. They are ranked seventh largest producer in the world by PVinsights.
Hanwha SolarOne is the product of a strategic partnership

Strategic partnership

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 formed in 2010 between Hanwha

Hanwha

Hanwha Group is one of the largest business conglomerate in South Korea. Founded in 1952 as Korea Explosives Inc. , the group has grown into a large multi-profile business conglomerate, with diversified holdings stretching from explosives, their original business, to retail to financial...

 (one of Korea’s top conglomerates) and China-based Solarfun Power Holdings, a leading manufacturer of photovoltaic modules. Solarfun Power Holding first listed on NASDAQ in 2006 (SOLF) and relisted as Hanwha SolarOne (HSOL) in 2011.

By the end of 2010, Hanwha SolarOne had annual module manufacturing capacity of 900 MW, cell manufacturing capacity of 600 MW, and ingot/wafer manufacturing capacity of 400MW. They also had a capacity of 15 MW for automated building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV)

Building integrated photovoltaics

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.

History

• Solarfun Power Holdings established in 2004; renamed to Hanwha SolarOne in 2011
• Listed on NASDAQ in 2006 (Ticker: SOLF)
• Acquired Yangguang Solar in 2008
• Revenue of USD 1,140 million, net income of USD 56.2 million, and 11,000 employees in 2010
• Solarfun established a strategic relationship with Hanwha ChemicalCorporation on August 3, 2010, with Hanwha Chemical assuming ownership of 49.99% of the Solarfun shares
• Hanwha SolarOne introduced its new NASDAQ ticker symbol, HSOL, on March 4, 2011

Hanwha Group Solar R&D Network

• Solar R&D Center   Daejon, Korea
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   : Process Technologies / Technology Commercialization
• Engineering Technology Center   Qidong
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  , China
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   : Manufacturing Technologies / Process Improvements
• Advanced R&D Laboratory   Silicon Valley
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  , United States
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  : Breakthrough Technologies

Installation Highlights

• Rovigo (Rovigo, Itlay): 30MW of 70MW
• Elduyen (Valvedere de Merida, Spain) : 11.483MW
• Arnedo (Logrono Province, Spain): 33.615MW
• El Carpio (Cordoba Province, Spain): 9.446MW
• Morita (Cordoba Province, Spain): 8.69MW
• Veguilla (Cordoba Province, Spain): 8.02MW
• Calasparra (Murcia, Spain): 7MW of 20MW
• Viso (Ciudad Real Province, Spain): 2.5MW
• Medina de las Torres (Badajoz Province, Spain): 2.28MW
• Tenerife (Tenerife Province, Spain): 1.672MW
• Ecija (Seville Province, Spain): 1MW
• Maials (Leida Province, Spain): 1MW
• Villanueva (Villanueva de Alcardete, Spain): 2MW
• Gransolar Ghella (Pescopennataro, Italy): 2MW
• Polditz (Polditz, Germany): 3.15MW
• Koppenzell (Koppenzell, Germany): 1.85MW
• Pfenninghof (Pfenninghof, Germany): 1.7MW
• Neumarkt (Neumarkt, Germany): 1.6MW
• Syrovice (Czech Republic): 3.16MW
• FVE Malešovice (Malešovice, Czech Republic): 3.9MW
• Xuzhou Xiexin (Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China): 10.2MW
• Nanjing Suyuan (Nanjing, China): 700kW
• Green Island (Shanghai, China): 1MW
• Shanghai World Expo: French and German Pavilions (Shanghai, China): 25.38 kW(German) and 25.56 kW (French)
• Yangzhou Villa Rooftop I (Yangzhou, China): 64.4 kW
• YoungDong DaSan PV Plant (Kangjin-gun, Jeollanam-do, Korea): 1.05MW
• Haeohrum Energy PV Plant (Jangsu City, Korea): 1MW
• Gwang Valley Solar Power Plant and En Solar Power Plant (Mooan City, Korea): 1MW
• Youngju PV Plant (Youngju City, Korea): 2MW
• Yusung Energy PV Plant (Jangsu City, Korea): 1.5MW
• Arlington Center (Arlington, MA): 105.88 kW

External links

• Hanwha SolarOne Global Website