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Asia lighting the way in solar-cell technology

[2008-7-30]

Tag : Amorphous Solar Cell

Benefiting from government support, Taiwanese and Chinese companiesare leading the pack in Asia, according to a report by a Japanesesecurities house.

The report noted that the newcomers had gained a fast-growing shareof the global market with Japanese market leaders suffering most,seeing their share falling from 50 per cent since 2004.

In Taiwan, LCD and semiconductor makers have also entered thesolar-cell market, with strong government support, and by the endof this year they are expected to have a world-class productioncapacity comparable to those in China and Japan.

However, there have been shortages of silicon materials, resultingin bottlenecks in the manufacturing process for several majorfirms.

In China, the sector has also been expanding rapidly, making thecountry the world's largest maker of solar cells.

By 2010, China aims to boost the amount of power generated bysolar-cell systems to 300,000 kilowatts, but Chinese firms seembetter prepared to focus on exporting solar cells at this stage.

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