TOKYO, JAPAN: Solar Frontier K.K., a 100 percent subsidiary of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., announced today that it will install photovoltaic power generation equipment totaling 2 megawatts (2,000 kilowatts) at its 3rd plant in Miyazaki, Japan, using its proprietary CIS thin-film solar panels.
This project at Solar Frontier’s third plant, which is now under construction and scheduled to commence operations in 2011, represents the third megawatt scale solar power generation installment the company is undertaking, with two 1 megawatt scale installations already under construction at Showa Shell Sekiyu’s Niigata Petroleum Import Terminal and at Solar Frontier’s second Miyazaki plant.
“This latest installation will contribute to the production of the world’s most ecological solar panels, offering compelling economic benefits on the world’s largest scale from Solar Frontier’s new cutting edge 3rd plant,” said CEO Shigeaki Kameda.
“It will also provide us with valuable data on the performance of our CIS panels, which we can use to make continual improvements to our products and to expand our business.”
This newest project will be subsidized under the partnership signed between Miyazaki Prefecture and Solar Frontier in November last year under which its solar power generation project at the 2nd Miyazaki Plant was also agreed, as well as the “2009 Project to Promote the Regional Introduction of New Energies (4th Solicitation of Projects)” of the New Energy Promotion Council.
“Solar Frontier is committed to providing customers cleaner and economically superior solar energy, and with this partnership with Miyazaki Prefecture, we are contributing to the development and expansion of the solar cell industry,” Kameda concluded.
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