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Sharp starts construction of new thin film PV plant

03 December 2007 | Fab and Facilities: News
SharpSharp Corporation held a groundbreaking ceremony for its next multi-application manufacturing plant in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan that it calls a "Manufacturing Complex for the 21st Century." Sharp is maintaining its vertically integrated business model that will see both thin-film solar panels and Gen 10 LCD panels (2,850mm x 3,050mm) manufactured at a massive new (1.27 million m2) site that will house a complex of plants and support buildings at a cost of ¥380 billion.

The solar cell plant is set to start production by March 2010. Annual production is expected to be 1,000MW (one million kW) a year for thin-film solar cells, Sharp announced.

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