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Thursday, September 28, 2006

SREI Infra - Sand To Silicon

SREI, US Unit Plan Silicon Unit

Srei Infrastructure Ltd (SIL), the Kolkata based infrastructure finance company could join hands with one of the leading US based silicon wafer manufacturers, for setting up a solar grade silicon manufacturing unit in West Bengal. A state government official said that representatives of the US outfit along with top officials of Srei today met state chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee with the proposal.

"If materialise then the unit will be first of its kind in India which will make silicon wafer. The chief minister is keen to see that the project materialises considering its importance This will be the first company to manufacture solar grade silicon and wafer. So far Indian companies are importing wafers from United States and Germany," said sources.

An official of West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency (Webreda), said that the project is unique because Indian companies are so far importing wafers. Wafer is used in solar cell and other strategic defence materials. According to the official, the US outfit is keen to set up an integrated plant which could manufacture wafer from sand. "It will first make silicon from sand. Then the silicon will be purified up to 99 per cent and will be converted to ingot. The ingots will then be sliced into wafers," he said. According to sources in the state government, Srei and the US outfit would soon give a formal proposal to the government for the project.



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