accuracy may be compromised due to out of date information . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . october 2013 not to be confused with rec solar . renewable energy corporation asa type public limited company allmennaksjeselskap traded as ose rec industry solar energy founded 1996 products polysilicon wafers solar cells solar modules revenue nok 13.78 billion 2010 1 operating income nok 1.018 billion 2010 1 profit nok 989 million 2010 1 total assets nok 36.87 billion end 2010 1 total equity nok 22.15 billion end 2010 1 number of employees 4 200 end 2010 1 website www.recgroup.com the renewable energy corporation rec is a solar power company with headquarters in norway . rec produces silicon materials for photovoltaics pv applications and multicrystalline wafers as well as solar cells and modules . rec s business activities are organized into three divisions rec silicon rec solar and rec wafer . 2 needs update all of rec s solar cell and wafer production plants in norway were shut down permanently in 2011 and 2012 due to weak market conditions and prospects of significant negative cash flow . 3 on 25 october 2013 the solar division was split from the company and listed as a new company rec solar asa . it is headquartered in singapore while traded on oslo stock exchange . the remaining silicon division will from 1 december 2013 be headquartered in washington state . 4 contents 1 history 1.1 crisis during 2008 2009 1.2 crisis during 2011 and 2012 1.3 proposed split into independent companies 2 operations 2.1 silicon 2.2 solar 3 commercial agreements 4 listings 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit the predecessor of today s company was established in 1996 under the name fornybar energi as . today s company is a result of a fusion in september 2000 between scanwafer as solenergy as and fornybar energi as . in 2002 rec scancell started production of multicrystalline solar cells in narvik for the sister company rec scanmodule in glava arvika . rec wafer was at the time the world s largest producer of multicrystalline wafers with factories in glomfjord and at her ya . immediately after its ipo in 2006 the share price of the company soared reaching a peak of nok 262 in november 2007 corresponding to a market capitalization of nok 174 billion . 5 based on this value the company was at the time the largest wholly privately owned company in norway . 6 in 2007 rec decided to build its new worldscale integrated solar manufacturing facility in singapore the world s largest integrated solar manufacturing complex . when completed the manufacturing complex was planned to incorporate wafer cell and module production facilities with a production capacity of up to 1.5 gigawatts gw . 7 the development of this site was projected to enable rec s ability to deliver solar products that can compete with traditional energy sources in the sunny areas of the world without government incentives . 8 in 2008 and 2009 two new factories for multicrystalling wafers were opened at her ya . in august 2008 rec made the decision to build a new facility for silicon manufacturing expansion in b cancour quebec canada . included in the decision is a 20 year power contract with hydro qu bec for the delivery of electricity at a competitive industrial rate . 9 crisis during 2008 2009 edit during 2008 and 2009 the company faced a crisis with falling income and increasing debt . as of may 2010 the market capitalization is down to 18 billion nok . the large drop in value has been partially blamed on the financial crisis 10 which caused a near halving of the price of silicon wafers as well as increasing costs of investments in particular due to delays in opening a new factory in moses lake washington . 11 crisis during 2011 and 2012 edit in addition due to the continued weak market conditions and prospects of significant negative cash flow the board of directors announced in october that rec would permanently close down the production capacity at the oldest multicrystalline wafer plants at her ya the multicrystalline wafer plant in glomfjord and the solar cell plant in narvik . 12 the remaining norwegian plant at her ya was closed down in 2012 . 3 its wafer subsidiary rec wafer norway as is planning to file for insolvency . 13 proposed split into independent companies edit in 2013 they announced a plan to separate rec silicon and rec solar into independent listed companies with head offices in the u.s. and singapore respectively . 14 the rationale for the division is that it is increasingly demanding to grow and maintain a leading position in a fully vertically integrated business model and only limited operational synergies between the silicon and solar divisions . 15 operations edit silicon edit rec operates two us based silicon materials production plants employing about 800 staff in moses lake washington and butte montana . at these plants rec produces polysilicon and silane gas for the solar industry and the electronics industry . rec produced 21 405 mt of polysilicon in 2012 and targets a production of 20 000 mt polysilicon in 2013 . polysilicon capacity & production location country product capacity mt production mt 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 moses lake washington and butte montana usa polysilicon 60001 6500 170001 170001 5555 5780 6241 7023 13673 19050 21702 19764 1 estimated production capacity solar edit rec produce multicrystalline solar cells and solar panels . solar cells and solar panels capacity & production location country type capacity mw 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 narvik norway multicrystalline cells 250 2501 2501 0 3 tuas singapore multicrystalline cells 5301 650 1 glava sweden multicrystalline modules 150 1501 03 03 tuas singapore multicrystalline modules 5901 800 1 1 estimated production capacity 2 numbers not available 3 plant closed down commercial agreements edit rec has entered into a significant long term agreement for supply of mono crystalline silicon wafer to suniva inc. under the agreement rec will until 2013 deliver wafers worth more than us 300 million . rec also entered into a significant long term agreement for supply of mono crystalline silicon wafers to china sunergy co. ltd. under the agreement rec were to deliver wafers worth more than us 400 million until 2015 . it was structured as a take or pay contract with pre determined prices and volumes for the entire contract period . 16 however in 2009 this contract became the cause of a legal battle between rec and china sunergy . as spot prices for wafers fell dramatically in 2009 china sunergy found itself bound to prices well below spot prompting a stall in purchasing leading rec to terminate the contract . 17 listings edit the shares are listed on the photovoltaik global 30 index since the beginning of this stock index in 2009 . during the past few years rec s stock price has gradually come down as a result of the demanding times in the solar industry due to overcapacity and heavy price pressure on solar products . see also edit economic development board edb low cost solar cell take or pay contract references edit a b c d e f annual results 2010 pdf . renewable energy corporation . retrieved 10 february 2011 . renewable energy corporation asa a b rec closing norway solar wafer plant on china competition . bloomberg . 24 apr 2012 . retrieved 29 jun 2012 . einar takla fredrick chr . ekeseth 24 october 2013 tore torvund ny konsernsjef i rec dn . retrieved 25 october 2013 norwegian aldri v rt p tale gi opp . e24.no in norwegian . 13 april 2010 . retrieved 14 may 2010 . rec norges st rste helprivate selskap . e24.no in norwegian . 2 february 2007 . retrieved 14 may 2010 . singapore site of new 1.5 gw solar manufacturing complex http www.edb.gov.sg etc medialib downloads media release 2007 . par .0075 . file.tmp new % 20manufacturing % 20complex % 20to % 20singapore final.pdf rec has decided to build its future silicon material production assets in b cancour . government of quebec . 25 august 2008 . retrieved 2011 04 05 . problemer i k for rec . dagens n ringsliv in norwegian . 22 june 2009 . retrieved 14 may 2010 . http www.lni.wa.gov news 2010 pr100330a.asp washington state department of labor & industries 700 mister jobben i rec . e24.no in norwegian . 26 october 2011 . retrieved 29 june 2012 . treloar stephen 14 august 2012 . rec asa to file for insolvency of norway solar wafer unit . renewable energy world . bloomberg . retrieved 18 august 2012 . rec to separate silicon solar divisions pv magazine 18 . july 2013 . faq s about the offering rec group . retrieved 25 july 2013 . rec press release http cleantech.com news 5147 china sunergy seeks rec wafer injun china sunergy seeks rec wafer injunction extension external links edit official website v t e obx companies of norway aker solutions cermaq dnb dno international fred . olsen energy frontline gjensidige golar lng marine harvest norsk hydro orkla petroleum geo services prosafe renewable energy corporation royal caribbean cruises schibsted seadrill statoil storebrand subsea 7 telenor tgs nopec yara see also companies listed on the oslo stock exchange retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title renewable energy corporation & oldid 730844506 categories solar energy companiessolar power in norwayengineering companies of norwaypower companies of norwayphotovoltaics manufacturersmanufacturing companies of norwaycompanies based in osloenergy companies established in 1996manufacturing companies established in 1996renewable resource companies established in 19961996 establishments in norwaycompanies listed on the oslo stock exchangenorwegian brandshidden categories articles with norwegian language external linkscs1 norwegian language sources no articles with obsolete information from october 2013all wikipedia articles in need of updatingwikipedia articles in need of updating from 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