Title :
Present status of research and development of PV technology in Japan
Author :
Hashimoto, Ichiro
Author_Institution :
Solar & Wind Energy Dept., New Energy & Ind. Technol. Dev. Organ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The second half of R and D project on photovoltaic, (PV) technology under the ´new sunshine program´ terminated at the end of Japanese fiscal year 2000 with fruitful achievements for solar cell manufacturing technologies and PV system technologies. In this paper, the outcome of the project under this program as well as present situation on photovoltaics in Japan are reviewed, and new NEDO PV R and D projects started in JFY2001 are briefly introduced.
Keywords :
research and development; solar cells; Japan; photovoltaic technology; research and development project; solar cell manufacture;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of 3rd World Conference on
Conference_Location :
Osaka, Japan
Print_ISBN :
4-9901816-0-3
