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Additional solar cell production line at Katsuragi plant, Japan

Sharp Corporation has increased annual production capacity for solar cells at its Katsuragi Plant in Nara Prefecture, Japan, by 100 MW (megawatts) to meet burgeoning demand in Japan and abroad, and has constructed a system that will be able to enter full production by November 2006. As a result, solar cell production capacity at the Katsuragi Plant will reach 600 MW per year the world s highest.

Despite concerns within the photovoltaic (PV) power generating market about a shortage of processed silicon (the raw material for solar cells), PV systems are increasingly being used in Japan for industrial applications, and are being installed on new residential construction sites in collaboration with home builders. In Europe and the US, demand is expected to expand even further in the future, centred on industrial and commercial uses, thanks to the introduction of subsidies and implementation of power buy-back programmes by utility companies.

To utilise raw materials more effectively, Sharp is working to make solar cells even thinner and improve thin-film solar cells, which use minimal amounts of silicon.  It also aims to establish highly efficient production systems, and expand and upgrade its production lines.

Timeframe for full-scale operation:            November 2006

Investment level:                                     Approx. 3.5 billion yen

Annual production capacity:                     600 MW

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