Sharp joined Italian power company Enel expansion of the European solar cell business

Social business on December 4 hearing on November 27, 2008, Sharp announced, with Italy's Enel power in Europe to carry out joint production of solar cells. 2010 mid-term plan to start production at the beginning of the production capacity of 480MW, after the expansion is likely to 1GW.



French research company Yole Developpement (hereinafter referred to as Yole) show that in 2008 Sharp ranked the world's first solar cell production capacity ( "PV Fab Database 2008 IV Japanese version") * 1. However, Sharp's production volume in 2007 was Germany's Q-Cells over. 2008 is likely to be China's Suntech Power (Suntech Power) to catch up, which fell to No. 3. The main reason is the shortage of polysilicon materials.



If the shortage of polysilicon raw material supply issues have been settled, together with its European factories, production, Sharp will likely be repeated board the first place. However, Yole data, Q-Cells and Suntech Power also plans to raise production capacity in the future will be even more intense competition.



November 2008 Sharp announced the production capacity of 710MW, combined with thin film solar cell production capacity expansion of some, Yole that its production capacity of over 800MW. In fact, due to the replacement of manufacturing equipment and other reasons, and Sharp's crystalline solar cell production capacity than before, in fact decreased.