Solar Valley (Germany)

51.64166666666712.222222222222Koordinaten: 51 ° 38 '30 " N, 12 ° 13' 20" E

As Solar Valley Thalheim an industrial area in the district of the town Bitterfeld- Wolfen is referred to in the district of Anhalt- Bitterfeld. It is situated near the A9 and the airport Leipzig / Halle.

Along the main road designated as Sun Alley or were the production and storage facilities of various companies in the photovoltaic industry: Hanwha Q -Cells ( formerly Q -Cells and Calyxo ) Sontor, Solibro, Sovello (formerly EverQ ) and CSG Solar. At the Solibro Q -Cells held since mid- 2009 100 percent of the company shares. Solibro applies the thin-film technology copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS ), see CIGS solar cell.

In the Solar Valley over 3000 people were employed at times. Due to the increasing competition from Asia reported Q -Cells with the subsidiary Solibro and Sovello 2012 insolvency. Solibro is now transferred to the Chinese energy group Hanergy. Q -Cells was sold to the South Korean Hanwha Group. 1300 formerly 1500 jobs will be retained. For Sovello no investor was found and failed to form a transfer company for the employees.