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Enel Green Power, Sharp and STMicroelectronics Sign Agreement for the Largest
               Photovoltaic-Panel Manufacturing Plant in Italy

- Enel Green Power, Sharp and STMicroelectronics join forces to produce
innovative thin-film photovoltaic panels.

- The plant, located in Catania, Italy, is expected to have initial production
capacity of 160 MW per year and is targeted to grow to 480 MW over the next
years.

- In addition, Enel Green Power and Sharp will jointly develop solar farms
focusing on the Mediterranean area, with a total installed capacity at a level
of 500 MW, by the end of 2016.

GENEVA, Jan. 4 -- Today, Enel Green Power, Sharp and STMicroelectronics signed
an agreement for the manufacture of triple-junction thin-film photovoltaic
panels in Italy. At the same time, Enel Green Power and Sharp signed a further
agreement to jointly develop solar farms.

Today's agreement regarding the photovoltaic panel factory follows the
Memorandum of Understanding signed in May 2008 by Enel Green Power and Sharp.
STMicroelectronics has joined this strategic partnership.

This agreement marks the first time that three global technology and industrial
powerhouses have joined together in an equal partnership to contribute their
unique value-add to the solar industry. It brings together Enel Green Power, 
with its international market development and project management know-how; 
Sharp, and its exclusive triplejunction thin-film technology, which will be 
operational in the mother plant in Sakai, Japan as of spring 2010; and 
STMicroelectronics, with its manufacturing capacity, skills and resources in 
highly advanced, hi-tech sectors such as microelectronics.

The factory, located in Catania in the existing M6 facility to be contributed
by STMicroelectronics, is expected to have an initial production capacity of 160
MW per year. The plant's capacity is targeted to be gradually increased to 480
MW per year over the next years and right from its start will represent the
single most important production facility for solar panels in Italy.
Photovoltaic panel manufacturing at the Catania plant is expected to start at
the beginning of 2011.

The project of 160 MW will require a total investment of 320 Million euros and
will be funded by a combination of equity, state grants and project financing
with no recourse to the Joint Venture's shareholders beyond their quota in the
Joint Venture. Each partner will subscribe one third of the equity - an expected
contribution up to 70 million Euros each, either in cash or in-kind - and will
hold one third of the shares in the new Joint Venture Company.

The factory output will be used to serve the most attractive solar markets in
the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region with a particular focus on the
Mediterranean area. In this region, Enel Green Power and Sharp already have
important sales networks and also plan to jointly develop solar farms. Enel.si,
the Enel Green Power company specializing in the installation of photovoltaic
systems in the retail market, will also participate in the marketing effort,
offering panels directly and through its franchisee network of over 500
qualified installers in Italy.

Enel Green Power and Sharp have signed an additional agreement aimed at the
creation of an equal joint venture to develop solar farms. The goal is to
install cumulative capacity at a level of 500 MW by the end of 2016, making use
of the photovoltaic panels manufactured at the Catania factory. The
effectiveness of the agreements signed by the parties is conditional upon the
clearance released by the relevant authorities concerned.

Triple-junction thin-film photovoltaic panels are particularly suitable for
medium and large-scale photovoltaic power generation. Compared to ordinary
silicon solar panels, the triple-junction thin-film photovoltaic modules are
able to maintain a very high level of energy conversion efficiency even in very
hot climates. Thanks to their lower silicon content, these modules are also less
exposed to raw silicon price volatility.

Catania represents an ideal location as it takes full advantage of an existing
semiconductor plant and related facilities as well as of very important
workforce skilled in silicon-based manufacturing. In addition, Catania hosts
Conphoebus, an Enel research center fully dedicated to renewable sources, solar
in particular, and energy savings. Moreover, Sicily is one of the key regions in
the Mediterranean area for the development of solar farms and provides a unique
location for all logistics necessary to reach the neighboring markets.

About Enel and Enel Green Power
Enel is Italy's largest power company, and second among Europe's listed
utilities by installed capacity. It is an integrated player which produces,
distributes and sells electricity and gas. Further to the acquisition of the
Spanish utility Endesa, Enel has now a presence in 23 countries with over 
96,000 MW of net installed capacity and serves 60.8 million power and gas 
customers.

 Enel Green Power is the Enel Group company dedicated to developing and managing
energy generation from renewable sources in Italy and abroad. It operates some
4,700 MW in plants relying on hydro, wind, geothermal, solar and biomass sources
in 14 countries in Europe and the Americas. With over 17 billion kWh produced
annually, Enel Green Power is a world leader in the renewable energy sector.

For more information please visit Enel's website www.enel.com and Enel Green
Power's web site at www.enelgreenpower.com

About Sharp
Since its founding in 1912, Sharp has developed numerous world-first and
Japan-first products, including the first Japan-made radios, TVs, the world's
first all-transistor/diode desktop calculator. Sharp has contributed to society
by commercializing these unique products.

Today, in addition to its core LCD TV business, Sharp is also focusing on its
solar cell business. This year marks 50 years since Sharp first started
researching solar cells. Over this long period of time, solar cells made by
Sharp have been used not only in residential and industrial applications, but
also on lighthouses and satellites, thus proving their long-term reliability.
Sharp is now pressing ahead with constructing one of the world's largest solar
cell production facilities for thin-film solar cells at Sakai City in Osaka
Prefecture, which is scheduled to begin mass production by March 2010.

Sharp Corporation employs 59,100 people in the world (as of October 31, 2009)
and recorded consolidated annual sales of 2,847,227 million yen for the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2009.

For more information, please visit Sharp's Web site at
http://sharp-world.com/index.html

About STMicroelectronics
STMicroelectronics is a global leader serving customers across the spectrum of
electronics applications with innovative semiconductor solutions.
STMicroelectronics aims to be the undisputed leader in multimedia convergence
and power applications leveraging its vast array of technologies, design
expertise and combination of intellectual property portfolio, strategic
partnerships and manufacturing strength. In 2008, the Company's net revenues
were $9.84 billion.

For more information, please visit STMicroelectronics's web site at www.st.com

Source STMicroelectronics; Enel Green Power; Sharp

CONTACT: Enel Media Relations, +39 06 8305 5699, Fax +39 06 8305 3771,
ufficiostampa@enel.com; Sharp Corporation, Corporate Public Relations Division,
+81-6-6621-1221; STMicroelectronics Media Relations, +41 22 929 6945,
mariagrazia.prestini@st.com
                      
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