Solar Frontier's mission is to create the most economical, ecological solar energy solutions on earth--on the world's largest scale. Our proprietary CIS technology (for key ingredients Copper, Indium, and Selenium) combines compelling economics and energy conversion efficiency today--and greater potential for tomorrow--with superior reliability, stability, sustainability, non-toxicity, design, and lower overall energy consumption in the manufacturing process to yield a faster energy payback time. Our newest plant in Miyazaki, Japan, scheduled to commence operations in 2011, will become the world's largest CIS production facility, at 900MW per year, and bring us to gigawatt class production levels, enabling us to meet worldwide demand for a new standard in affordable solar panel performance.
Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.
Solar Frontier is a 100% subsidiary of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., which is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and has roots dating back more than 100 years in the downstream energy business, including research in solar energy that began in 1978. Commercial production of crystalline silicone modules began in 1983, and research on CIS technology began in 1993.
The name "Solar Frontier"
“Solar Frontier” expresses our commitment to leadership in the global PV market. We stand at the frontier with our proprietary CIS technology and its greater potential for improvement and innovation. It also expresses our vision of the future of energy, when human needs are abundantly met by the limitless power of the sun.
The Solar Frontier logo
The logo is designed to capture in the abstract the harmony of sun (red), earth (blue), and the concept of frontier in the path (blue) toward sustainable development, with the curved lines also symbolizing the horizon.