Araz Silicon silicon value chain

Complete process of creating solar power plants from quarts is proposed as an alternative for developing the country’s power generation capacity. Achieving technology of complete process of solar power plants can be the key to the development of the country’s energy sector which unfortunately despite increasing advancement of this technology in the world, its knowledge has not been created inside the country yet. Although, the technology of silicon value chain as an innovative and job creating issue has a great opportunity to expand and develop in the world right now.

In order to crease employment and reduce the amount of currency expenditure of solar equipment, knowledge and technology related to manufacturing solar panels and all of its required accessory equipment should be gained by research and development and the sufficient capacity to construct 2 Megawatt solar power plant per annum should be provided through investment for constructing factories. Examining the quality of quartz resources and auxiliary materials required for production of metallurgical silicon the next steps of this chain will require feasibility studies by the specialists in this field.

It is estimated that around 5 billion Dollars of initial investment are required for constructing complete set of manufacturing solar panels from quartz to solar panels with the annual capacity of 3 Megawatt as well as factories for producing solar invertors and other necessities of solar power plants

If we assume the average price of each barrel of oil 60 USD, this amount of investment is equivalent to 2 million barrels a day.

Our Silicon Industry Chain Roadmap

Silica

(Ore)

Silicon metal

Capacity :
40,000 Ton/year

Investment :
$ 70,000,000

Poly Silicon

Capacity :
10,000 Ton/year

Investment :
$ 350,000,000

Ingot, wafer

Capacity :
1,000 MW/year

Investment :
$ 80,000,000

Solar cell

Capacity :
1,000 MW/year

Investment :
$ 80,000,000

Solar Panel

Capacity :
1,500 MW/year

Investment :
$ 25,000,000

Solar Farm

Capacity :
1,000 MW/year

Investment :
$ 600,000,000