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CTF Solar delivers CdTe thin film solar module factories around the globe.

From the factory’s layout and the selection of the equipment from leading European and Chinese manufacturers, to the  precision design and integration of all components and processes – CTF Solar delivers high quality and the most advanced technology, putting the results of its extensive research and development work into effective practice.

CTF Solar’s solutions used in combination with the support it provides concerning materials sourcing enables its customers to achieve the lowest possible module production cost thus contributing to the production of highly competitive PV modules.

Since 2024, CTF Solar has expanded its technology portfolio to include the manufacturing of solar-driven hydrogen panels, developed in collaboration with SunHydrogen, Inc. This second product line will apply the same thin-film deposition processes and manufacturing infrastructure used in our CdTe business to a new class of photoelectrochemical hydrogen-producing panels.

Our strengths

  • managed by pioneering German photovoltaic engineers

  • wholly owned by CNBM Research Institute for Advanced Glass Materials Group (BGI)

  • BGI is part of CNBM Group, a Chinese state-owned Global Fortune 500 company and the world’s largest manufacturer of solar front glass

  • certified CdTe solar cell efficiency of 21.5%

  • fully operational CdTe thin film module production facilities in Chengdu, Ruichang, Handan (China) with a 100 MWp annual capacity

  • CdTe thin film module production factory with a scale up to 300MWp annual capacity in Zhuzhou, China

  • active solar hydrogen manufacturing programme in partnership with SunHydrogen, Inc. (USA)

  • dedicated research facilities in Dresden, Germany