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Posted by ransley on October 15, 2008, 1:00 pm
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> Sharp to deliver second-generation solar cells in U.S.http://www.eetimes.=
com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=3D211200391
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> Gina Roos
> (10/14/2008 10:12 AM EDT)
> URL:http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=3D211200391
>
> Mahwah, N.J. =97 Sharp has announced today (Oct. 14) at Solar Power
> International 2008 in San Diego, California, that it will introduce
> next-generation thin-film solar cells in the U.S., aimed at multi-
> megawatt, large-scale installations.
> Sharp plans on supplying thin-film products to the U.S. market from
> the Katsuragi plant (Katsuragi City, Nara Prefecture) by August 2009,
> expanding supply as its factory in Sakai City, Japan opens up in March
> 2010.
>
> Sharp has just completed the installation of a second-generation thin-
> film solar cell production line at its Katsuragi Plant using large-
> size glass substrates measuring approximately 1,000 x 1,400 mm,
> equivalent to 2.7 times the area of Sharp's first-generation
> substrates (560 x 925 mm). Volume production will begin in October
> 2008. The addition of this new line expands production capacity for
> thin-film solar cells at the facility to 160 megawatts (MW) annually.
>
> Photovoltaic modules fabricated using the 2nd-generation tandem-
> junction thin-film solar cells manufactured on Sharp's new production
> line at its Katsuragi plant feature an industry-leading 9% module
> conversion efficiency and high 128-W power output. These modules will
> be Sharp's initially offering in 2009.
>
> Sharp is one of the few companies who offer a complete solar product
> portfolio including mono-crystalline, poly-crystalline and multi-
> junction thin-film solar cells. The company entered the U.S. solar
> market in 2002 and has maintained solar module operations at its 100
> MW manufacturing facility in Memphis, Tenn. since 2003.
Cheap spam for self profit. The DOE picked SunPower Corporation for
its new 205 kilowatt instalation, they demonstrated 23.4% efficency
and 50% better efficency than crystalline silicon. Your "industry
leading" co isnt.
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