Pilot plant to produce heterojunction solar cells

Producing highly efficient solar cells with HJT is hoped to have a major impact on the solar market in the future, providing high efficiency, high yield and low production costs.

The pilot production is the heart of the wide-ranging Swiss-Inno HJT project, which is promoted as part of the pilot, demonstrations and flagship program of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy and the Canton of Neuchâtel.

The pilot plant was inaugurated at Meyer Burger Research, in the presence of Swiss Federal Council member Doris Leuthard, who praised the project: “The production plant is a successful example of the collaboration between advanced research and market-driven development as well as a flagship project for Switzerland's innovative drive in the growing cleantech sector. Thanks to its industrial and scientific expertise, Switzerland is ideally positioned to establish itself in a challenging international arena.”

Jean-Nat Karakash, a Neuchâtel State Council member, also welcomed the project: “If you forge collaboration with local industry using cutting-edge technologies from research and development institutes, innovative ideas can be quickly implemented into products. Meyer Burger Research, formerly Roth & Rau Research, made the right decision when they chose this region as the location for their R&D centre several years ago.”