Tomoo, MARUKAWA - Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) - 2012
The global demand for photovoltaics (PVs), or solar cells, increased by 53 percent per annum during 2000 to 2010. Japanese PV manufacturers, which had been the leading force of the technological development of the industry since the 1970s, were in a good position to profit from this explosion of...