Evergreen Solar on Fast Track to Complete $165 Million Plant by Next Summer

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Evergreen Solar Incorporated’s (Marlborough, Massachusetts) $165 million plant being built in Devens, Massachusetts, is on a fast-track schedule. The company officially broke ground for the plant on September 13, 2007, and already expects the plant to be operational by the summer of 2008 and at full capacity by the end of 2008. Original plans called for the plant to be built in Westborough, Massachusetts, but it was decided that the 14-acre site would present topographical problems. The company then decided to build the plant to Devens, a former military base that has become an industrial hub over the last decade.

Even with the site change, the project has been moving at a rapid pace. The company announced the project in April and has since completed designs and the permitting process. It is now proceeding with site preparation. Evergreen selected IDC CH2M Hill to perform the design and engineering for the plant, and Turner Construction will handle construction responsibilities.

After the plant is complete and running at full capacity, it will be able to produce 70 megawatts (MW) a year of thin film solar cells, raising the company’s total capacity to 170 MW. The company plans to increase production capacity to 300 MW annually by 2010. At full capacity, the company plans to employ 350, doubling its overall workforce.

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