Japan's Miyazaki Prefecture Becomes World's Largest Solar Cell Factory

According to reports from Japanese media, Japanese solar power company Solar Frontier announced on the 10th that it will build a solar cell manufacturing plant in Guofu-cho, Miyazaki Prefecture, which is expected to start operations in July. This will become the company’s first construction in Miyazaki Prefecture. Three factories.

It is reported that the factory covers an area of ​​approximately 400,000 square meters, which is approximately 8.6 times that of the Tokyo Dome Stadium. The actual construction area is approximately 158,000 square meters, and the annual production of approximately 900 megawatts of batteries will become the world's largest solar cell manufacturing facility.

It is understood that Guofu Factory has been operating in batches since February 2011 and has about 800 employees engaged in the production of CIS thin-film solar cells. In addition to Japan, the factory also plans to set up production bases in the United States and Germany and sell solar cells to countries around the world. (Compilation of the moon)