Sanyo targets 600MW of global solar cell production by 2011

19 November 2009

Technology giant Sanyo Electric has completed its third factory building in Osaka, Japan to further enhance the company’s photovoltaic system business.

The facility is expected to start high-volume production of HIT solar cells in December 2010 after installation of production equipment and completion of the necessary adjustments and tests for high-volume production.

The factory is going to have solar cell production equipment capable of an annual production capacity of 135MW. The company said that this will enable the Nishikinohama Factory’s overall production capacity to reach 345MW, more than 1.6 times the present level.

In addition, Shimane Sanyo Electric, which already produces Sanyo’s HIT solar cells, is planning to increase its annual production capacity to 220MW (from the current 130MW) in April 2010.

As a result, the company said that it will have a combined production capacity of 565MW at the end of March 2011. Sanyo added that it aims to expand production volume based on the Japan-Europe-US trilateral framework. In Japan, Sanyo operates the Shiga Factory as its major solar cell module production base where a new factory building is scheduled to begin operation before the end of March 2011. This will increase the Shiga Factory’s production capacity from the current 100MW to 200MW.

In North America, the Monterrey Factory in Mexico has recently completed a system to increase its production capacity from the current 20MW to 50MW, with a plan to increase it to 75MW by the end of March 2010.

In Europe, the Hungary Factory (Dorog City, Hungary) currently has a production capacity of 165MW and will nearly double it to 315MW by the end of March 2011.

In all, Sanyo will establish a photovoltaic system/module production system with a HIT solar cell production capacity of 600MW by the end of March 2011.

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