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Technology › Showa Shell to build 3rd solar cell plant

Source: Japan Today

Tōkyō : Japan | 2 months ago

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Showa Shell Sekiyu KK said Monday its wholly owned subsidiary Showa Shell Solar Co will build a third plant for thin-layer photovoltaic cells in Miyazaki Prefecture at a cost of 100 billion yen to beef up its solar cell business. The new plant will be capable of producing 900 megawatts of solar panels...

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