Virasa能源公司和 Virasa能源公司和兩家公司合并成為SilicoTek BV，并在埃及的蘇伊士投資建設(shè)太陽能項目。最初能源生產(chǎn)階段的是以混合甲烷硅和多晶硅每年各自生產(chǎn)單位分別600和2500TPA，太陽能組件每年產(chǎn)量每年產(chǎn)50MW。

電站將會在蘇伊士灣西北部工業(yè)區(qū)建設(shè)，面積為210,000平方米，還有額外的110,000平方米將會為光伏下游的供應(yīng)商保留，公司說，電站預(yù)計在2012年第四季度開始發(fā)電。

兩家公司還會聯(lián)合組成一個研究開發(fā)中心，去開發(fā)和商業(yè)化證明新型的硅基科技。

Virasa Technologies Inc. and Calensia BV have formed a joint venture, SilicoTek BV, to carry out a planned investment of an integrated solar complex in Suez, Egypt. The initial phase of the complex will include monosilane and polysilicon production units with annual capacities of 600 and 2500 TPA, respectively, and a solar module production unit with annual capacity of 50 MW.

The plant will be built on 210,000 square meters in an industrial zone northwest of the Gulf of Suez, which will allow for a next phase of expansion. An additional 110,000 square meters will be reserved for complementary downstream investments in the solar value chain, the companies add. The plant is targeted to begin production in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Virasa and SilicoTek will also jointly build a research and development center to develop and commercially demonstrate new silicon-based technologies.