The annual production capacity for the solar cells will be 200 MW.

This single crystalline solar cell with high conversion efficiency uses a Back Contact structure (electrodes are connected on the back-side), which eliminates the need for electrodes to be set on the front-side, Sharp says. The structure increases the light-receiving area on the front-side's surface.

In addition, a new alignment technology (Alignment Sheet system), which reduces the connection resistance between adjacent solar cells, has also been developed by Sharp.