Sharp to Spend Y100 Bln on Solar Cell Plant - Nikkei
Date: 17-Dec-07
Country: JAPAN
The plant will be built next to Sharp's LCD panel factory currently under construction in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture.
It will produce thin-film solar cells, which use less silicon than conventional cells, starting in fiscal 2009, the Nikkei said in its Saturday edition.
The factory is expected to have a production capacity of 1,000 megawatts per year, the largest in the world. The Osaka-based company has an annual output capacity of 710 megawatts.
Sharp first announced plans to build the plant back in July, but had not outlined the investment amount.
(US$1=113.26 Yen)
(Reporting by Naomi Tajitsu, editing by Jacqueline Wong)