It also says it will “acceleratebusiness restructuring” in the unit, including the “scale down of thin-film andthe Europe/US market”.

The Japanese electronics giant saysit generated solar sales of 55.9bn yen ($600m) in the third quarter, up 9% on theprevious quarter, and 14% on the same period a year ago.

It expects to ship 484MW of solar cellsfor the final three months to 31 March, making sales of 96bn yen or 49% morethan the same period of 2011.

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