Solar Frontier opened the No. 2 plant in 2009, but suspended production last year as its nearby 900MW “No. 3” factory approached its full output. The No. 2 plant has since been used for equipment testing.

But Solar Frontier, which is owned by the oil company Showa Shell, says it will reopen No. 2 from July in order to meet demand for its modules in the scorching Japanese PV market.

Atsuhiko