International Groups Partner Up for Controversial 200-MW Solar Manufacturing Facility in Russia

Russia’s Solar Systems, Germany’s SCHMID Group and Turkey’s Pekintas Group have established a long-term partnership to build a 200-MW turnkey PV cell and module manufacturing facility in Russia’s SEZ (special economic zone) in Alabuga, the Republic of Tatarstan. But the project has raised the eyebrows of some Russian energy sector experts who say that the factory “stands no chance” business-wise in the Russian and, moreover, in international PV production markets.