Panasonic to build new solar cell factory in Malaysia
In response to the yen soaring, and increase cost competitiveness, Japan’s third-largest solar battery factory Panasonic plans to spend about 50 billion yen in Malaysia to build a new solar cell plant to solar cell production capacity to amplify the 5 percent. Reported that the new plant will be located in the block north of Malaysia’s industrial park is expected to enable production in the year 2012, the production subsidiary of Sanyo HIT solar cell developed.
Reported that the new plant in addition to the base of solar cells production of key components “Battery(solar power generation components),” but also in the assembly of solar panels, will be Panasonic’s first overseas production base for solar batteries has always been. According to reports, the new plant, the Cell Block estimated annual capacity of 300,000 kW, after Panasonic Battery mass production can be compared with current annual production capacity of 600,000 kW (Japan 2 total plant capacity) increased 50% to 90 million kW.