{"id":888,"date":"2019-05-22T03:07:30","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T03:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsenergy.co.th\/?p=888"},"modified":"2019-05-22T03:11:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T03:11:40","slug":"panasonic-partners-with-gs-solar-on-heterojunction-production-and-rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eco-on.co.th\/en\/2019\/05\/22\/panasonic-partners-with-gs-solar-on-heterojunction-production-and-rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Panasonic partners with GS-Solar on heterojunction production and R&#038;D"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"888\" class=\"elementor elementor-888\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26f3dd6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"26f3dd6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f3929f\" data-id=\"1f3929f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fcb5025 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fcb5025\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5c37b4\" data-id=\"a5c37b4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4df117 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4df117\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Panasonic partners with GS-Solar on heterojunction production and R&D<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-314f337 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"314f337\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eco-on.co.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Panasonic_HIT_module_plant_Malaysia_dec_2012_750_500_80_s-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eco-on.co.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Panasonic_HIT_module_plant_Malaysia_dec_2012_750_500_80_s-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.eco-on.co.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Panasonic_HIT_module_plant_Malaysia_dec_2012_750_500_80_s-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eco-on.co.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Panasonic_HIT_module_plant_Malaysia_dec_2012_750_500_80_s-1-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Panasonic is transferring a 90% stake in its heterojunction (HIT) solar cell and module assembly plant in Malaysia <br>to China-based PV manufacturer, GS-Solar as part of wider collaboration on HIT production expansion and R&D. Image: Panasonic<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fb1275 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fb1275\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Panasonic is transferring a 90%<\/strong><\/span> stake in its heterojunction (HIT) solar cell and module assembly plant in Malaysia to China-based PV manufacturer, GS-Solar as part of wider collaboration on HIT production expansion and R&amp;D.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>GS-Solar will be the principle owner and operator of Panasonic\u2019s Malaysia plant, while a new company will be formed in Japan with GS-Solar to undertake all HIT R&amp;D activities that will entail Panasonic\u2019s existing R&amp;D activities being separated from the group.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>GS-Solar has been working on heterojunction (HJ) technology and announced the grounding breaking of a 5GW manufacturing base in Jinjiang City in February, 2019. The first phase of the project is expected to be 2GW of HJ solar cells with a RMB 5 billion (US$732 million) investments.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>GS-Solar is targeting 25% cell conversion efficiencies in the new production plant.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Panasonic said that the new partnership would enable the company to optimise [save costs] the development and production of HIT cells and module, while continuing to purchase the products from the Malaysian facility.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>With the changes, Panasonic is integrating its solar business into its Energy Solutions business unit, which already houses its Home Energy Management System (HEMS) business.<\/p><p>Panasonics solar cell and module operations in Japan and Buffalo, New York state (Gigafactory 2) in partnership with Tesla remain unchanged and not included in the deal with 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