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February 10, 2025 | 1 year ago
Zergoun Green Energy invests in new solar panel technology
Ouargla, Algeria-based Zergoun Green Energy is continuing to expand its photovoltaic business. After launching two production lines, it plans a new investment in manufacturing solar panels using TOPCon technology in 16 busbars, reports the renewable energies website PV Magazine.
Zergoun Green Energy, a subsidiary of Zergoun Frères, began producing solar panels in 2020. Its plant has a capacity of 400 MWp and currently comprises two production lines.
The first, launched in 2020, produces panels from 375 Wp to 415 Wp with M3 cells and 5 busbars. It cost 6 million euros. The second line, commissioned in early 2025, assembles more powerful panels, from 550 Wp to 600 Wp, with M10 cells and 10 busbars. It required an investment of 7.5 million euros.
A Chinese manufacturer supplies the photovoltaic cells used. For its production equipment, Zergoun Green Energy collaborates with international companies such as Switzerland's Meyer Burger, Spain's Mondragon, and China's Horad. Improvements have been made in automation and productivity, notably in solar glass handling robots and framing systems.
To keep pace with developments in solar technology, Zergoun Green Energy plans to launch a new production line using TOPCon technology with 16 busbars. This upgrade should increase the efficiency of the panels produced. The amount of the investment has not yet been announced.
The plant employs mainly engineers and electrical specialists from Kasdi Merbah University in Ouargla, who specialize in renewable energies and technologies.
By the end of 2023, Algeria had six PV module assembly and encapsulation plants with an annual production capacity of 469MWp, according to data from the Ministry of Industry, cited in the 2020-2023 achievements report of the Commissariat aux Énergies Renouvelables et à l'Efficacité Énergétique (Commissioner for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency) (CEREFE).
The report, published last September, puts the national renewable energy (RE) capacity installed by the end of December 2023 at 600.9 MW. With the 21 solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants currently under construction, including the Gara Djebilet plant with a total capacity of 3,200 MW, and others in the pipeline, the cumulative installed RE capacity will exceed the 4,000 MW mark, predicts CEREFE.
February 10, 2025 | 
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