Mitsubishi Electric has completed construction of PV Cell Plant #2, a new PV cell production facility at its Nakatsugawa Works Iida Factory in Nagano Prefecture. By March 2011, the company will raise its annual PV cell/module production capacity by 50 MW to 270 MW, and ultimately plans to reach an annual capacity of 600 MW at an early stage.

In addition, to respond mainly to the large increase in demand for PV inverters for residential-use in the Japanese market, Mitsubishi Electric will raise its monthly PV inverter production capacity at its Nakatsugawa Works by 50% from 4,000 units to 6,000 units in May 2010.

At the same time, they will build new production lines to manufacture monocrystalline silicon PV modules at its Nakatsugawa Works Kyoto Factory in Kyoto Prefecture.

The company's expansion of production capacity is in response to the sharp increase in global demand for PV systems.

[source: Mitsubishi Electric]