Japan

Japanese renewable resource firm Shizen Energy Inc introduced today that its 35-MWp Hau Giang solar energy plant in of Vietnam reached business operation date (COD).

German renewables programmer Baywa r.e. revealed today it has actually marketed a 35-MWp solar farm situated in Japan's Ibaraki prefecture.

Panasonic introduced today that it will certainly discontinue the manufacturing of solar products at its Malaysian as well as Japanese manufacturing facilities, totally leaving the photovoltaic panel and also wafer market by March 2022. Panasonic will certainly continue marketing Panasonic-branded modules but with a subcontracted producer.

Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have actually produced perovskite solar modules with enhanced stability and also performance by utilizing a brand-new manufacture strategy that reduced issues. Their findings were released on the 25th January in Advanced Energy Materials.

Japan has long been a significant energy importer, relying greatly on fossil fuels to satisfy family and also community electrical power needs in addition to transport and industrial power need. Although the country originally opted for nuclear plants to diversify its power mix, the disaster at Fukushima in 2011 triggered a fundamental shift in Japanese energy policy.

Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern Energy) has actually revealed that it has actually shut the financing of a USD 515 million fund, Green Power Renewable No. 1 Investment LP (the fund), the largest fund in Japan focused on wind as well as solar power investments.

Major companies including Sony, Panasonic and also Nissan on Monday urged the Japanese federal government to make its 2030 renewable energy target two times as enthusiastic.

Japanese real estate investor Ichigo Inc (TYO:2337) revealed today it has actually begun commercial procedure of a 2.84-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) nuclear power plant in Ibaraki prefecture.

Independent solar energy producer (IPP) Sonnedix Power Holdings Ltd has settled the acquisition of a 55.6-MW solar power plant in Japan.

Pacifico Energy K.K. (Head Office: Minato, Tokyo; Representative Director: Hiroki Matsuo) delights in to reveal the beginning of building and construction of a 77 MW(DC) solar energy generation plant (the "Plant") in Ako-gun and Sayo-gun, Hyogo Prefecture from December 2020.

Canadian Solar has actually revealed that it has actually completed the sale of Gunma Aramaki, a 19 MWp operational solar power plant in the Yamaguchi Prefecture in Japan for JPY6.8 billion (roughly USD 64 million).

Singapore-headquartered renewable energy manufacturer Vena Energy has acquired a 162MW solar PV project in Japan from Spanish developer X-ELIO.

Scientists at Hiroshima University in Japan have combined together different polymer and molecular semiconductors as photo-absorbers to develop a solar cell with enhanced power performances and also power generation.

Solar will likely play a significant function in accomplishing Japan's plan objective of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) discharges to zero by 2050 and also can get to 130GW to 160GW in cumulative releases by the 2030 financial year.

BESS project due to complete in March 2021