China has 340 reactors' worth of solar cell plants in the pipeline

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Chinese solar panel manufactures are rushing to expand production capacity. © Reuters

NORIYUKI DOI, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- Chinese solar panel manufacturers are building or planning new production facilities that will add combined annual output capacity equivalent to 340 nuclear reactors, buoyed by strong global demand and new mass-production technology.

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