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Utility-Scale Power: Improving Your Bottom Line from 93 Million Miles Away

Utility-Scale Power: Improving Your Bottom Line from 93 Million Miles Away
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UTILITY-SCALE POWER: IMPROVING YOUR BOTTOM LINE FROM 93 MILLION MILES AWAY.

THE PRODUCT OF CHOICE FOR MULTI-MEGAWATT SCALE POWER PRODUCTION. Sharp’s thin lm product pairs amorphous silicon with a layer of Sharp’s proprietary microcrystalline silicon to achieve higher stability and better performance than previously thought possible for thin lm solar. This tandem-junction architecture captures more of the solar spectrum and converts more sunlight into electricity. It is produced with less than one percent of the silicon used in crystalline solar cells, creating a less material-intensive manufacturing process that contributes Proprietary design increases reliability...

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SHARP: THE FIRST NAME IN SOLAR POWER. THE FINAL WORD IN SOLAR INNOVATION. Since 1963, Sharp has led the solar affordable systems and powers more Efficiency, performance and installation-ease combine for greater savings. homes and businesses than any other Sharp’s thin lm is designed for lower solar manufacturer in the world. Today, cost installation and better system we offer a vast portfolio of proven solar performance. Starting at 115 watts (and solutions, including monocrystalline and increasing from there), the installation of polycrystalline silicon and our newest a thin lm array saves...

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USING OUR EXPERIENCE TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. Imagine a world where advances in All Sharp manufacturing plants technology come without sacricing the environment. A world where new products not only save energy, they create energy. At Sharp, our passion for protecting the eco-system for future world’s most environmentally generations is equaled by our enthusiasm advanced LCD factory, featuring for improving the lives of people today. Sharp is committed to a higher level rooftop solar electric systems, of standards for energy efficiency and fuel cell technology, water environmental...

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COMMITTED TO PEOPLE AND OUR PLANET. Since the 1990s, Sharp’s “Super Green Strategy” has established environmentally sustainable domestic and overseas manufacturing systems and maintained the corporation’s position as a leader in manufacturing. This strategy is an effort aimed at bringing the ultimate in environmental consciousness to all corporate activities, giving priority to ve critical areas: management, technologies, products and devices, factories, and recycling. These aspects Eco-friendly design: Single-layer glass with polymeric backskin lowers pounds per watt and transportation...

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COMMITTED TO MAKING A WIDE IMPACT WITH THIN FILM. As we prepare to serve the emerging market for utility-scale solar power, Sharp continues to advance technology and manufacturing capacity. Already, capacity 14,100 Sharp amorphous silicon thin lm modules power a 1.63 MW array in Viernau, Germany. at our Katsuragi plant has reached 160 megawatts of thin lm modules per year, and completion of the world’s largest thin lm manufacturing complex at our Sakai BECOME POWERFUL WITH SHARP. City factory, eventually capable of one gigawatt of thin lm production per year, From research and development,...

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BECOME POWERFUL

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Design and specications are subject to change without notice. Sharp is a registered trademark of Sharp Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 09F-048 SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5901 Bolsa Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92647 1-800-SOLAR-06 * Email: ThinFilm@SharpUSA.com www.SharpUSA.com/solar © 2009 Sharp Electronics Corporation. All rights reserved.

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