Kristy
03-03-2008, 03:50 PM
At the end of 2007, Sharp Corporation became the first company to reach 2 gigawatts (GW) in cumulative solar cell production volume in the world. The company began research into solar cells in 1959 to develop a new technology to follow the success of the television and started mass-production in 1963. It is estimated that the current world's cumulative solar cell production volume is 8 GW, meaning Sharp has produced a full one-quarter of this.
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