Sharp Corp. plans to design, build and operate solar power stations in Japan that it expects to become a major money spinner in the aftermath of the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. “It is high time that we build many solar power stations in Japan,” President Mikio Katayama told a shareholders meeting in Osaka on June 23. “We will expand the solar power business as a growth engine, along with liquid crystal display (LCD) panels.”The company is already working with Italy’s largest power company to build solar power stations in Italy and elsewhere, and has acquired a major U.S. developer of solar power stations. Read More
