Solar cells transform the sunlight into electricity. This technology was invented in the US in 1954. The cells were first loaded on man-made satellites, but since then technological progress has contributed to improved performance and a decrease in the price of solar cells. Solar cells have been spreading as a domestic electricity source. Electric power generation from sunlight does not emit carbon dioxide, which is a cause of global warming, and is a representative clean energy source which is expected to become a trump card as a substitute for petrochemical fuel.
CHORI CO., LTD. has come to grips with the solar cell business, a fast growing new industry in the 21st century.
The main business in this area is the export of solar cells to China manufactured by leading global producers. In China, the government is introducing generating facilities to villages in western China where electricity hasn’t been installed. People can now enjoy electric lighting generated by the solar cells CHORI has marketed and which are made into solar panels locally. In actuality though, still about one-third of the global population lead lives without electricity.
The global production of solar cells has grown by about 30% since several years ago. As the solar cell market has been drastically expanding during 2007, it has become a sellers’ market, including both the product itself and the materials. The primary raw material for solar cells is high purity silicon, which is also used for semiconductors. As less pure silicon can be used in manufacturing solar cells CHORI has established a business model with a network to spec-out silicon lump, a by-product from semiconductor materials manufacturers, and export them to China. Also, CHORI has set up a business to acquire test silicon baseboards from semiconductor manufacturers and sell them to solar cell manufacturers in the US. CHORI has expanded the area to obtain the test baseboards to Taiwan and is in the process of looking for new businesses to make use of the solar cells purchased from solar cell manufacturers. CHORI has commenced the marketing of solar cells manufactured by major solar cell baseboard manufacturers in Japan to the top solar cell panel manufacturers in China. In the near future, CHORI is going to have solar panels with the brand name “CHORI”.
Sunlight emits about 1kw per 1m3 of energy to the Earth. For example, if we covered the Gobi Desert with solar cells, the entire earth’s energy needs could be supplied by them. Solar cells will generate clean electricity and won’t exert a bad influence on the global environment. The day is not far distant when CHORI solar panels are installed in the Gobi Desert and start generating clean electricity unobserved.