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Toshiba Makes Full-scale Entry into Solar Photovoltaic Systems Business
— Establishes new, dedicated business organization —
5 Jan, 2009

TOKYO—Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) today announced its full-scale entry into the solar photovoltaic systems business. On January 1, Toshiba's Transmission Distribution & Industrial Systems Company established the Photovoltaic Systems Division, a dedicated business management and promotion organization that will take the initiative in responding to a surge in demand for solar photovoltaic systems, widely recognized as a key measure against global warming.

Solar photovoltaic systems are moving beyond residential applications to large, megawatt-scale projects for utility and industrial plants. Toshiba will secure orders for large solar power generation systems by drawing on its competitive advantages. In components, the company's expertise includes high-efficiency power conditioning systems and the SCiB—the Super Charge ion Battery—Toshiba's breakthrough rechargeable battery that offers excellent safety, long life and rapid charging. In system integration, Toshiba can point to world-class capabilities in system integration, particularly in connecting generation systems to distribution systems; in microgrids that connect and manage dispersed small-scale power generation sources, including renewable energy sources; and in large plant system engineering capabilities.

In fiscal year 2015 the global solar photovoltaic systems market for utility and industrial plants is expected to reach 2.2 trillion yen (approximately US$24.4 billon) from that of 1.2 trillion yen (approximately US$13.3 billion) in fiscal year 2008. Toshiba will promote business expansion by utilizing existing global sales channels and expects to achieve an annual business scale of about 200 billion yen (approximately US$2.2 billion) by fiscal year 2015.

Toshiba will seek a rapid expansion of the business by focusing on renewable energy and energy-saving products and technologies, including SCiB. Toshiba's ultimate goal is a business expansion that addresses customers' needs and makes progress alongside the company's long-term contributions to a better environment.

[sleupendriewer]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 36.323.351 von meinolf67 am 07.01.09 13:22:06

was wird denn toshiba genau abdecken ?

[meinolf67]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 36.324.721 von sleupendriewer am 07.01.09 15:37:13

Hört sich NICHT nach PRoduktion, sondern nach Systemintegration an.

[meinolf67]

Toshiba opens doors to solar PV biz
Date: Januar, 2009

Jan. 5, 2009 - Toshiba Corp. has established a "photovoltaic systems" division to supply large solar power generation systems, combining its systems integration know-how with existing work on high-efficiency power conditioning systems and rechargeable ion batteries.

The unit, structured within Toshiba's transmission distribution & industrial systems company, will focus on large, megawatt-scale projects for utility and industrial plants, for which there is a projected solar PV demand seen nearly doubling to ~$24.4B in 2015 from ~$13.3B today, the company said in a statement. The company is gearing up to take about a tenth of that market for its own, targeting annual sales of about ¥200B (US $2.2B) by 2015, "utilizing existing global sales channels."

Toshiba is initially hinging its PV plans partly on is its supercharge ion battery (SCiB) technology, released in Dec. 2007 targeting the industrial systems market, which the company says can recharge to 90% of full capacity in less than five minutes. The company also is counting on its experience in applying its system integration know-how to generation and distribution systems, microgrids connecting and managing small-scale power generation resources, and large plant system engineering capabilities.

Japan's Nikkei daily reports that Toshiba will procure solar panels from as-yet unselected outside companies (foreign or domestic) and produce components in-house, such as inverters and transformers; it currently sells a few hundred million yen (single-digit US $M) worth of solar power-related equipment. The paper adds it's an unusual move for a Japanese company that does not make its own panels to assemble and market solar power generation systems.

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