松下控股公司正在加速大规模生产可嵌入玻璃的太阳能电池的计划，以支持日本推进下一代技术，并扩大可再生能源部署。
Panasonic Holdings 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.
松下公司周二在一份声明中表示，玻璃基钙钛矿太阳能电池的大规模生产将于2029年4月开始，比原计划提前一年，地点位于滋贺县长滨市的一家设施。松下公司自去年9月起开始销售在其大阪开发基地生产的产品。
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.
日本正押注于薄而轻的钙钛矿电池，这类电池可安装在传统太阳能板不适合安装的表面上，帮助这个多山且人口稠密的国家增加可再生能源。松下公司正瞄准窗户和外墙，推出可定制尺寸、透明度和设计的“发电玻璃”。
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.
松下公司在声明中表示，“特别是在城市地区，许多建筑物可用于安装太阳能板的屋顶空间有限，因此对建筑一体化光伏的期望日益增加”，但声明未透露该公司在新工厂计划生产多少单位。
“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.
日本正试图在新兴市场中分得一杯羹，这使其与中国展开竞争，中国主导着全球太阳能产业，也在开发钙钛矿技术。这些电池也比传统太阳能板更昂贵，这是广泛部署的一项关键障碍。
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.