Sekisui Chemical is reportedly considering acquiring part of Sharp Corp.'s plant in Osaka Prefecture, in order to use the facility to produce perovskite solar cells. The Company plans to commercialize these solar cells in 2025.
It was also said that Japan's industry ministry is likely to subsidize the project as it is expected to contribute to decarbonization.
Sharp halted production of large liquid crystal display panels at the plant in Sakai last month. It was the only television LCD panel manufacturing factory in Japan.
SoftBank Corp. is also in talks with Sharp to acquire part of the factory to build an AI data center.
The portion of the plant Sekisui Chemical is hoping to acquire does not overlap with the area Sharp and SoftBank are trying to utilize, as per various sources. Sekisui Chemical also plans to use some of the equipment left there such as clean rooms.
