Hoku's Pocatello Plant Receives First Reactors
Hoku Materials Inc., the polysilicon-manufacturing subsidiary of clean energy technology firm Hoku Scientific Inc., reported Wednesday that its wafer-producing facility in Pocatello, Idaho, has received its first shipment of Siemens-process reactors. According to Hoku, the Pocatello facility has received six polysilicon reactors—two of which have been assembled and installed—out of a planned order of 28. The German-made reactors are used to produce polycrystalline silicon (also known as wafer silicon), which is in turn used in the fabrication of thin-film solar cells. Hoku added that a shipment of 10 polysilicon reactors is expected to reach Pocatello in March. Headquartered in Honolulu, Hoku Scientific also consists of Hoku Solar and Hoku Fuel Cells.
posted on Thursday, January 15, 2009
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