(EnergyAsia, May 12, Tuesday) — Japanese oil refiner Showa Shell Sekiyu is venturing deeper into the solar energy business with plans to buy Hitachi’s plasma display television business in Miyazaki prefecture. Showa Shell would use the Hitachi unit as a platform to build a photovoltaic cell factory with annual production capacity of one million kilowatts,…
JAPAN: Showa Shell eyes big acquisition to boost solar platform
Posted on May 11, 2009 by EnergyAsia