Solar Frontier to Install 2 Megawatt Scale Solar Power Generation Equipment at 3rd Miyazaki Plant

Tokyo, 28th May, 2010 – Solar Frontier K.K., a 100% subsidiary of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., announced today that it will install photovoltaic power generation equipment totaling 2 megawatts (2,000 kilowatts) at its 3rd plant in Miyazaki, Japan, using its proprietary CIS thin-film solar panels. This project at Solar Frontier’s 3rd plant, which is now under construction and scheduled to commence operations in 2011, represents the third megawatt scale solar power generation installment the company is undertaking, with two 1 megawatt scale installations already under construction at Showa Shell Sekiyu’s Niigata Petroleum Import Terminal and at Solar Frontier’s 2nd Miyazaki plant.

“This latest installation will contribute to the production of the world’s most ecological solar panels, offering compelling economic benefits on the world’s largest scale from Solar Frontier’s new cutting edge 3rd plant,” said CEO Shigeaki Kameda. “It will also provide us with valuable data on the performance of our CIS panels, which we can use to make continual improvements to our products and to expand our business.”

This newest project will be subsidized under the partnership signed between Miyazaki Prefecture and Solar Frontier in November last year under which its solar power generation project at the 2nd Miyazaki Plant was also agreed, as well as the “2009 Project to Promote the Regional Introduction of New Energies (4th Solicitation of Projects)” of the New Energy Promotion Council.

“Solar Frontier is committed to providing customers cleaner and economically superior solar energy, and with this partnership with Miyazaki Prefecture, we are contributing to the development and expansion of the solar cell industry,” Kameda concluded.

Details of 3rd Miyazaki Plant Solar Power Generation Project

Project Site: Roof of Solar Frontier’s 3rd Miyazaki Plant

1815 Tajiri, Kunitomi-cho, Higashi Morokata-gun, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan

Power Generation Scale: 2 megawatts (2,000 kilowatts)

Application: For in-house use

Startup Timing:　Early 2011

Progress Update in Construction of 3rd Miyazaki Plant

Construction of the 3rd Miyazaki Plant that was announced in September of last year is progressing steadily in preparation for commencement of operations in mid-2011. The plant will boast an annual production capacity of 900MW which, in conjunction with the two operational plants in Miyazaki, will bring Solar Frontier to gigawatt class production levels, making it a leading global manufacturer of solar panels.

Solar Frontier K.K., a 100% subsidiary of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., manufactures and delivers the world's most ecological solar panels, offering superior economic benefits, on the world's largest scale. Our proprietary CIS technology, denoting key ingredients Copper, Indium, and Selenium, combines compelling economics and energy conversion efficiency today--and greater potential for tomorrow-- with superior reliability, stability, sustainability, non-toxicity, design, and lower overall energy consumption in the manufacturing process to yield a faster energy payback time. Our newest plant in Miyazaki, Japan, scheduled to commence operations in 2011, will become the world’s largest CIS production facility, at 900MW per year, and bring us to gigawatt class production levels, enabling us to meet worldwide demand for a new standard in affordable solar panel performance. Visit the Solar Frontier pavilion at Intersolar 2010 in Munich, Germany (http://www.intersolar.de/).

Peter Rolufs
General Manager, Marketing & Communications
Solar Frontier
Daiba Frontier Bldg.
2-3-2, Daiba,
Minato-ku,
Tokyo 135-8074
Phone: 81-3-5531-5626
Fax: 81-3-5531-3677
Email: inquiry@solarfrontierltd.com
Website: http://www.solar-frontier.com/

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