by using a conventional molding method such as lamination that uses vacuum aspiration or the like to integrate them by thermocompression bonding followed by attaching a frame it is preferable that the surface protection sheet 8 for solar cell modules that serves as part of the solar cell module has physical and chemical strength characteristics such as optical transparency insulating properties weather resistance heat resistance light resistance water resistance moisture resistance and antifouling properties the aforementioned surface protection sheet may be a resin film or sheet of glass polyamide based resin various types of nylon polyester based resin cyclic polyolefin resin polystyrene based resin meth acrylic resin polycarbonate based resin acetal based resin or other various resins it is preferable that the encapsulant layer 10 that underlies the surface protection sheet for solar cell modules has weather resistance heat resistance and transparency specifically the encapsulant layer may be formed of for instance an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer ionomer resin ethylene acrylic acid copolymer acid modified polyolefin resin polyvinylbutyral resin silicone based resin epoxy based resin meth acrylic resin and other resins which may be used singly or as a mixture of two or more thereof the photovoltaic cell 9 working in the solar cell module as photovoltaic element may be one of the conventional generally known ones including for instance crystal silicon solar electronic elements such as single crystal silicon type photovoltaic cell and polycrystalline silicon type photovoltaic cell amorphous silicon photovoltaic cells such as single junction type.