At the end of November, we visited Japan, some of the new energy companies, including Sharp (solar), Toyota (hybrid), the largest Tokuyama (Japan polysilicon plant), film Fuji Electric (flexible and IGBT), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Nuclear Power with CCS clean burning), the local investment community with their Japanese counterparts in an exchange, as a series of reports on the first part, we will simply list the research we gave the impression of depth on new technologies and new industry directions. Later, we will be solar cells, VGP-BPS2C battery power and other technologies to conduct a detailed analysis of these three reports, solar, Japanese companies are generally concentrated in the amorphous silicon thin-film batteries and battery, the original, one of five German polysilicon World Mountain chemistry will also be on capacity expansion in Malaysia.
Japanese companies are essentially giving in cells conventional crystalline silicon to compete with Chinese enterprises for a benefit to their thin-film battery or a high conversion rate of crystalline silicon cells; Japanese giant Sharp as a representative will be added to the enormous capacity to move the end-film VGP-BPS13/S batteries, plans to increase production in 2012 to 1200MW, its equipment is claiming that the conversion rate laminated over 10%, Showa Shell uses its own production process than the current CIS fewer cells CIGS cells lost CdS buffer layer, to prevent potential pollution by heavy metals cadmium, Fuji Electric is unique in the flexibility of cell thin film, the company plans to form a flexible film edge property that extends the field of photovoltaic materials, Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. is the high efficiency silicon cells as crystal, the situation of the European market, Sanyo battery conversion rate and prices are far ahead of other competitors.
For EV and HEV dispute, Toyota clear-cut support of HEV, while the nickel-hydride batteries, metal and choice of lithium, they believe that the balance of nickel-metal hydride is the best choice ( point of view of Toyota), supporting the hybrid rather than pure reason is the technology of electric vehicles battery, cost, operating, several aspects of the use of metal incorporated low, Toyota is currently considered the best choice of hybrid vehicles and pure electric, but the apparent absence of indicators of the economy excellent battery option is also the case, while lithium is superior to nickel-hydride indicators Metals Technology battery, but as a tool for short-distance transport to use nickel-metal hydride hybrid battery has enough battery was not necessary.
Driven by industry is another major concern in Japan. They ask for laptops and BATBL50L6 battery LED application for the last two years the main driving force, and 2012, before and after the lighting industry, will bring a new wave of rapid growth, clean burning and Nuclear technology is central to communication with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and more production outside the Japanese fighter tank rockets, the ICM is major players in the equipment field of electricity; Mitsubishi that its models after several years of safe operation of the reactor water pressure has never been a serious accident is the greatest competitive advantage, the hand, not too much emphasis on the technical details of the differences between Europe and the America; clean combustion and CCS is a Mitsubishi thinks they have the core competitiveness of segments, rather than IGCC (coal) or CCTG (gas) can get a better combination of greenhouse emissions.