太阳能电池板里程碑式的发展

    在一项到最近几年底有多少光伏市场增长的清单中，夏普电子公司宣布，公司制作的太阳能电池板超过200万。
    一家公司公布报告中称该公司在Tennessee州Memphis的太阳能电池板组装生产线具有里程碑意义，该生产线于2003年初次投入使用。该公司还指出，随着生产设备的改善与生产能力的提高，自2003年以来，该公司制造业的员工人数增加了两倍。
    自2003年以来，该公司的孟菲斯设施也产生的太阳能组件功率足够供应65,000多户家庭，同时也减少了平均约为每年1200万公吨碳排放量。
    展望未来，许多其他企业也会实现这样的里程碑。这是因为联邦税收优惠将持续数年，更多地鼓励太阳能投资，以及一个稳定的经济将会让更多的人愿意考虑安装光伏阵列。

    In a sign of how much the photovoltaic market has grown in recent years, Sharp Electronics Corporation recently announced that it has now produced more than 2 million solar panels.

    A company announcement reported that the landmark solar panel was manufactured at its assembly plant in Memphis, Tennessee, which first went online in 2003. The company also noted that since 2003, the size of its manufacturing staff has tripled, growing along with the facility's production capacity.

    Since 2003, the company's Memphis facility has also produced enough solar modules to power more than 65,000 average homes while also offsetting about 12 million metric tons of carbon emissions per year.

    Looking ahead, milestones like this are likely to continue to be reached by other companies. This is because federal tax incentives will remain in place for several more years to encourage solar energy investments, and a stabilizing economy will make more people willing to consider installing photovoltaic arrays.