2007 |
Production Capacity 710 MW and Securing a stable procurement of Silicon , recycle factory 1,000 ton a year |
2005 |
Investment for 500MW/y production capacity |
2003 |
Investment for 250MW/y production capacity |
2001 |
Investment for 94MW/y production capacity |
2000 |
NO. 1 PV manufacturer with 50.4MW shipment
Installation in 1,000 lighthouses of SHARP’s PV systems |
1995 |
Received the “8th Technology Award” from the Japanese government |
1994 |
Introduced PV power generation system for residential use |
1992 |
Developed multi-crystalline silicon PV cell with 17.1% efficiency and single-crystalline silicon PV cell with 22.0% efficiency |
1989 |
Developed Amorphous Silicon PV cells with 10.0%efficiency |
1986 |
Installation of three PV power generating station in THAILAND
(Total capacity: 150kW) |
1980 |
First application of PV cells on electric calculators |
1967 |
First installation of PV cells on a Japanese satellite |
1966 |
First installation of PV modules in lighthouse |
1963 |
Started mass production of PV cells |
1959 |
Started development of PV cells |
1954 |
Single crystal Si cell was developed by Bell laboratory |
