SUNPOWER TO SOURCE GE WATER SYSTEMS FOR PLANT IN MSIA

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 (Bernama) -- General Electric (GE) International will
design, supply and install a pure water system featuring the reverse osmosis
process, to SunPower-AUO joint venture solar cell fabrication plant in the state
of Melaka.

The plant known as Fab 3 would be the largest silicon solar manufacturing
factory in the world when its begin operations end of this year, said Jeff
Connelly, Vice President, Engineered Systems-Water and Process Technologies for
GE Power and Water.

"The GE system will help SunPower save more than 230 million gallons of water,
relative to other technologies, sufficient to meet the daily water needs of more
than 8,300 residents," he said in a statement Thursday.

GE served the energy sector by developing and deploying technology that helps
make efficient use of natural resources.
-- BERNAMA