Solar cell module and method for manufacturing solar cell module

A method for manufacturing a solar cell module in a form of a curved plate,

• the solar cell module including a first solar cell unit and a second solar cell unit,
• the first solar cell unit including a plurality of strip-shaped first cells,
• each of the first cells including a flexible, strip-shaped film base material and a first power generation element, the first power generation element being disposed along a longitudinal direction of the film base material on one surface of the film base material, and
• the second solar cell unit including a plurality of second power generation elements,
• the method comprising:
• fabricating a stack in which the first solar cell unit and the second solar cell unit are arranged between a light-transmitting curved front panel and a curved back panel so as to sandwich a sealing sheet between the front panel and the back panel, the first solar cell unit and the second solar cell unit being arranged in an order of the first solar cell unit and the second solar cell unit from a front panel side, and the sealing sheet being made of a resin;
• and
• pressing the stack by hot press at a heating temperature equal to or higher than a softening point of the resin until the first solar cell unit and the second solar cell unit are sealed with the resin of the sealing sheet, wherein
• in the fabricating,
• the first cells, each having a reinforcing portion formed at an edge portion of the film base material, are arranged next to each other in a lateral direction of the first cell, the edge portion being a portion along the longitudinal direction of the film base material, and the reinforcing portion having a higher bending rigidity than a remaining portion of the film base material, and
• the second power generation elements are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the film base material so as to face the other surface of each of the film base materials along a longitudinal direction of the first cell.