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German farming group BayWa has claimed its renewables service saw an "unusually strong" beginning to the year, driven by high demand for solar modules and also the sale of a PV plant in Japan

US will be accountable for the most development and also will certainly be complied with by China and afterwards Japan, says Wood Mackenzie

Tokyo-based supplier of building products as well as housing tools Lixil Corp (TYO:5938), announced last week it will set up a 5-MW solar plant on the roof of an aluminium factory in Thailand.

Solar, despite excellent development for in the direction of coming to be the cheapest, greenest and also cleanest source of power, still has one weak spot. The large systems of land that are needed for each MW of solar created on the ground.

announced today that it has actually started construction on four solar projects in Japan completing 143 MWp This portfolio includes Canadian Solar's flagship mega-project, the 100 MWp Azuma Kofuji project found in the Fukushima Prefecture, as well as various other projects completing 43 MWp in the Ibaraki as well as Hiroshima Prefectures.

The surge in solar capability in the past years, especially because 2015, has been out there for all to see. It was simply a few years back in 2012 that the world commemorated covering the 100 GW mark in solar. Contrast that with 2021, when the globe expects to include 150 GW in just the year itself!

Fujitsu will certainly start offering Autogrid Virtual Power Plant (VPP) service in Japan under a brand-new collaboration arrangement.

Japanese monetary solutions team Orix Corp (TYO:8591) will certainly establish a 2.25-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) array under a brand-new power purchase contract (PPA) with garments and also fabric business Kaihara Co Ltd

In order to allow large-scale hydrogen manufacturing utilizing solar power, particulate photocatalysts are being researched as an easy as well as cost-effective remedy to splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen. It is necessary to establish a photocatalyst that can effectively make use of visible light, which makes up a big part of solar energy, in the water decomposition response.

A group of researchers led by Aarhus University and including specialists from universities as well as expertise establishments in the United States, Europe, Japan and also Australia has actually published an article in the distinguished scientific journal Joule verifying that the role of solar photovoltaic or pv installations in future eco-friendly power systems should be dramatically upgraded.

Change steel perovskites oxides show a number of desirable properties, consisting of high-temperature superconductivity and electrocatalysis. Currently, scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology explore the structure and buildings of a perovskite oxide, PbFeO3, in anticipation of the uncommon charge distribution and exotic magnetic transitions shown by such systems. They report 2 of the magnetic changes, with a distinctive change above space temperature level and also check out its causes, opening doors to prospective applications in realizing brand-new spintronic tools.

Toshiba Corp (TYO:6502) said on Wednesday it has completed, together with partners, a 6.4-MW rooftop solar setup at the Tahara plant of Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co Ltd (TYO:5423) in Aichi prefecture.

Japanese renewables developer Shizen Energy Inc has commenced construction of a 2.19-MWp solar energy plant on abandoned farming lands in Kagoshima prefecture after raising the needed funds.

Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co Ltd (TYO:7201) today announced a proposed 20-MW extension of an existing solar park that powers its center in Sunderland, the UK.

Canadian Solar Inc. revealed today that it has actually completed the sale of 2 functional projects completing 61 MWp to Canadian Solar Infrastructure Fund for JPY 30.6 billion (about US$ 283 million).