Use of New Assembly Materials May Help Drive Manufacturing Costs Down for XsunX

XsunX, Inc., a solar technology company engaged in the build-out of its multi-megawatt thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar module manufacturing facilities, announced today that it is reviewing the use of a new solar module encapsulation material for use in the assembly of its TFPV solar module design.

In January of this year XsunX began working to build its initial 25MW TFPV manufacturing operations in Oregon, U.S.A. In addition to managing the supply chain of vendors selected to provide the various manufacturing systems for these new operations XsunX has also been engaged in the review of new materials for use in the assembly of its TFPV solar module design. Efforts have focused on sourcing materials to reduce assembly times and material costs primarily in the solar module packaging operations. These comprise portions of the assembly process that occur after the photovoltaic absorbers are deposited onto glass panels.

“With the majority of costs for the production of our solar module design confined to the materials and processes employed in the final assembly of our TFPV solar module we have always known that the low hanging fruit in achieving lower per watt manufacturing costs could come from the use of materials that reduced assembly time and material costs in the packaging operation,” stated Mr. Tom Djokovich, CEO for XsunX. “We are currently reviewing the use of an alternate encapsulation material that reduces the complexity, cost, and time required for assembly of a module. In addition we have opted to also offer a frameless glass on glass assembly design which we believe, that when added to the newer encapsulation process, may help us to further reduce per watt assembly costs significantly,” concluded Mr. Djokovich.

The Company will be exhibiting this week at the Solar Power International 2008 Conference in San Diego, California from October 14-16, and can be found in the main exhibit hall, booth 632. For a schedule and directions to the show, please go to the following link, http://www.solarpowerconference.com/conference/schedule .

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