Taiwanese photovoltaic companies that have attended the second day of the PV Taiwan exhibition on Thursday organized by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), have expressed their ambition to expand research and development and trade with Turkey.
The Taiwan Solar Energy Corporation or TSEC, founded in 2010, is a solar panel cell manufacturing company with customers worldwide that has already made made inroads to the competitive Turkish solar panel market.
Robin P.Y. Chien, vice president of global business, told Anadolu Agency that the company is focusing on the production of high quality solar cells and modules and provides a service for power plant installation, operation and management.
The company is in contact with seven companies in Turkey, he said.
'We have had one and a half years of contact with Turkish companies. We sell solar energy cells to these customers that have the module capacity in Turkey,' he explained.
The company hopes to strengthen its partnership with Turkey by building on solar trade in the country, he said.
The Brave C&H Supply Co. Ltd produces high-tech screens for solar cells and has set up multiple automated production lines in factories across Taiwan, Suzhou and Chengdu.
“Their screens are excellently applied to ultra-precision printing needs for solar cells, touch panels, electronic components, and printed circuit boards alike,” Morice Lin, vice president of the company during the PV Taiwan exhibition.
“Apart from the transfer of screen technology overseas while providing an unique total solution, Brave actively builds international marketing channels and professional business networks,” he explained.
Part of this networking has extended to Turkey and he said that discussions are currently taking place with a Turkish university for long-term research and development.
He said the Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (GUNAM) of the Middle East Technical University in Turkey use their own products for testing, but GUNAM wants to test more of the Brave C&H company's products for experimental purposes.
Several Taiwan-based research, development and production companies introduced their products to global solar energy customers including the Hamak Solar firm.
One of the first photovoltaic system companies in Taiwan, Hamak Solar Company, launched its new Solar Motor Drive product.
The Research and Development and Product Engineer of the Hamak Solar firm, Dylan Wu, told Anadolu Agency that the Solar Motor Drive is suitable for use in off grid solar fields like agricultural and rural areas as well as in cooling systems in factories.
The 1.5 kilowatt device, which plans to retail for around $550, uses electricity generated from photovoltaics and acts as a water pump, water aerator, factory blower and for cooling systems.
“The device gives maximum torque even at minimum sunlight and in addition the device does not need any battery,” he explained.
By Gulsen Cagatay in Taipei, Taiwan
Anadolu Agency
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