松下控股公司正在加速推进可嵌入玻璃的太阳能电池的大规模生产计划，此举将助力日本推进这一新一代技术，并扩大可再生能源的部署。
Holdings Corp. is accelerating plans to mass-produce solar cells that can be embedded in glass, bolstering Japan’s push into the next-generation technology and expanding renewable energy deployment.
该公司周二在一份声明中表示，位于滋贺县长滨市的一家工厂将于2029年4月开始大规模生产基于玻璃的钙钛矿太阳能电池，这比原计划提前了一年。松下已于9月开始销售在其大阪开发基地制造的组件。
Large-scale production of glass-based perovskite solar cells will begin in April 2029 — a year earlier than previously planned — at a facility in Nagahama, Shiga prefecture, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Panasonic started selling units made at its development site in Osaka in September.
日本正押注于轻薄的钙钛矿电池，这些电池可安装在不适合传统太阳能电池板的表面上，从而帮助这个多山且人口稠密的国家增加更多可再生能源。松下的目标是推出尺寸、透明度和设计均可定制的“发电玻璃”，并将其应用于窗户和外墙。
Japan is betting on thin and lightweight perovskite cells that can be installed on surfaces unsuitable for conventional solar panels, helping the mountainous and densely populated country add more renewables. Panasonic is targeting windows and exterior walls with “power-generating glass” that can be customized in size, transparency and design.
松下在声明中表示：“特别是在城市地区，许多建筑可用于安装太阳能电池板的屋顶空间有限，这导致人们对建筑集成光伏的期望不断提高。”该公司未说明其计划在新工厂生产多少台组件。
“Particularly in urban areas, many buildings have limited roof space available for solar panel installation, leading to increased expectations for building-integrated photovoltaics,” Panasonic said in the statement, without stating how many units it aimed to produce at the new plant.
日本正试图在这一新兴市场中分得一杯羹，这使其与主导全球太阳能产业并同样在开发钙钛矿技术的中国展开竞争。此外，这些电池比传统的太阳能电池板更昂贵，这是实现广泛部署的一个关键障碍。
Japan is attempting to carve out a share of the emerging market, putting it in competition with China, which dominates the global solar industry and is also developing perovskite technology. The cells are also more expensive than conventional solar panels, a key hurdle to widespread deployment.