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January 17, 2007

Sharp Expands Solar Cell Production at Japan Plant

Huntington Beach, California [RenewableEnergyAccess.com]

Sharp Corporation will increase annual production capacity for solar cells at its Katsuragi Plant in Nara Prefecture by 110 megawatts (MW) starting March 2007.

In related news, Sharp Corporation is opening the Toyama site (in Toyama Prefecture, Japan) for the Solar Systems Group and is starting to produce silicon for solar cells.

As a result, annual solar cell production capacity at the Katsuragi Plant will reach 710 MW per year, the world's highest, the company says. The investment, valued at 3 billion yen will help Sharp meet the expanding demand for solar cells in Japan and abroad.

European countries like Italy, Spain, and France are setting up electricity-purchasing systems modeled after those in Germany, mainly for industrial and electric power use.

In related news, Sharp Corporation is opening the Toyama site (in Toyama Prefecture, Japan) for the Solar Systems Group and is starting to produce silicon for solar cells.

Sharp has been promoting the efficient use of silicon raw material by reducing the thickness of its solar cells and by improving the yield of cells and modules while striving to develop new technologies for silicon material-recycling of mill ends and for refining impurities efficiently.
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