The
proposals,
first
revealed
by
local
news
outlet
Nikkei,
were
confirmed
by
the
company’s
sales
manager
Morita
Keiichi.
“There
is
a
plan
but
it
is
not
yet
determined,”
he
tells
Recharge.
According
to
Nikkei,
the
company
is
currently
in
negotiations
with
local
governments
in
Fukushima
and
Miyagi
prefectures
to
build
a
plant
with
150MW
production
capacity.
It
could
start
manufacturing
early
next
year.
Solar
shipments
in
Japan
rose
31%
to
1.3GW
in
2011,
after
the
nation's
10
regional
utilities
purchased
50%
more
PV-generated
electricity
than
the
previous
year.
The
industry
expects
demand
for
solar
panels…
