Sanyo Electric Co is to begin production of HIT (Heterojunction with Intrinsic Thin-layer) PV modules at Sanyo Energy Mexico plant beginning in the summer of 2003. Sanyo, in moving ahead with expansion of PV module sales in North America, will produce PV modules at Sanyo Energy (Mexico) with Sanyo Energy (USA) in charge of sales. Previously rechargeable batteries were made and sold from this facility, and Sanyo will now use that sales infrastructure for PV modules. Favourable cost merits for distribution and shipment to both America’s west and east coasts, local procurement of parts and materials and inexpensive labour costs in comparison with the US, make production in Monterrey attractive. Sanyo’s HIT PV module has been chosen to provide 482kW worth of solar power for the system total of 675kW to be installed on the Moscone Center, in San Francisco. For more information contact: Derek Wentz. Tel: +81-3-3837-6206. Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd, USA.