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Honda's new solar cell subsidiary, Honda Soltec opens for business

Honda Motor Company announced yesterday the establishment of a wholly-owned subsidiary that will make and sell thin film solar cells. This company, Honda Soltec Co. Ltd., will be housed within Honda's Kumamoto factory in Kikuchi-gun, Japan. Honda started building a solar cell manufacturing plant there in September and the plant should be operational by next fall with a production capacity of 27.5 megawatts a year. You can read the full press release after the jump. Honda is portraying the plant as a way for the clean car company to reduce CO2 ... Read more →

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