SOLAR VALLEY – Centre of the Photovoltaics Industry
Solar energy
Saxony-Anhalt is the heartbeat of the SOLAR VALLEY. No other region in the world has more companies from the photovoltaic industry. International investors have invested more than 9 billion euros in this location since 1991. Why? Because Solar Valley is the best region in the world for PV-producing companies – and has been awarded the Cell Award.
Advantages of the SOLAR VALLEY - Saxony-Anhalt
- Centre for silicon photovoltaics
- Highest density of companies from the photovoltaic industry in the world
- Over 3,500 jobs
- Unites all PV technologies in Saxony-Anhalt
- Most popular investment location in Germany, with 65% of the production capacity of the PV industry
- Companies have their headquarters and research and development facilities here
- Close R&D cooperation: the Fraunhofer Centre for Silicon Photovoltaics (CSP) is the world’s only centre for the crystallisation and material analysis of solar silicon
- Awarded the Cell Award as the world’s best region for PV production companies
Advantages of the PV Industry in Saxony-Anhalt
- Investment incentives covering up to 50 % of the investment costs
- Over 170 million euros spent on setting up an innovation-orientated infrastructure
- Well-trained workers
- Willingness to work in shifts
- Leading glass producers and industrial gas suppliers in Saxony-Anhalt
- Dense infrastructure for industry and logistics
Supply of specialist staff ensured by:
- Photovoltaics department at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, with one endowed professorship and five further professorships in physics and chemistry
- Dual bachelor’s programme in solar technology at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
- Further education courses at the Merseburg University of Applied Sciences
