SANYO Solar Global Site
History
More than 30 years of experience in solar technology has earned us a reputation for reliability among our customers.
1975
Amorphous silicon solar cell development launched.
1980
The world's first commercial production of amorphous silicon solar cells.
1992
Japan's first installation of an on-grid photovoltaic power generating system for residential use.
1994
Photovoltaic power generating system for residential use marketed.
HIT solar cells*1 marketed.
1997
HIT solar cells*1 marketed.
2001
SANYO Solar Ark, one of the world's largest photovoltaic power generating systems, completed at Gifu Plant.
2003
200W photovoltaic module with the world's highest*2 conversion efficiency marketed.
Established the Nishikinohama plant as photovoltaic cell/module production base.
2005
Started mass production of HIT photovoltaic modules at the factory in Hungary.
2007
Cumulative production of HIT solar cells tops 100 million units.
| *1 | HIT (Heterojunction with Intrinsic Thin-layer) hybrid solar cells are created by combining amorphous silicon and crystalline silicon and using an intrinsic semiconductor. |
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| *2 | Highest in cell conversion efficiency of 19.7% and module efficiency of 17.0%. (as of April 1, 2003, at mass-production level) |