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Etrion Completes Sale of 60 MW Mie Solar Project
Etrion Corporation (" Etrion" or the "Company") (TSX: ETX) (OMX: ETX), a solar independent power manufacturer, reveals that it has finished the sale of its financial investment interest in the Mie 60 MW solar project and got JPY 3.4 billion (roughly US$ 32.2 million). On top of that, Etrion's subsidiary, Etrion Japan KK, has been paid an advancement charge of JPY 300 million (around US$ 2.8 million).
Oct 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, Solar Project, Etrion, Marco Antonio Northland
Etrion introduces possible sale of Japanese solar properties
Etrion Corporation, a solar independent power producer, has announces that it is exploring calculated choices to increase the worth of its solar portfolio in Japan.
Oct 22, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, Etrion, Marco Antonio Northland
Juwi tees up 54MW solar array on previous Japanese golf course
Juwi Shizen Energy has secured an engineering, purchase and building (EPC) contract to develop a 54MW solar park on the website of a former golf links in Japan.
Oct 19, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, EPC, Asia, Pacifico Energy, juwi, Jan Warzecha
Pacifico Energy Commences Construction on 54 MW Utility Scale Solar Power Plant in Sano-shi, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Pacifico Energy K.K. (Head Office: Minato, Tokyo; Representative Director: Hiroki Matsuo) is pleased to introduce the beginning of construction of a 53.9 MW(DC) solar energy generation plant (the "Plant") in Sano-shi, Tochigi Prefecture from October 2020. The Plant is the initial plant that Pacifico Energy is creating in Tochigi Prefecture.
Oct 12, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Asia, Pacifico Energy, PV Power Plant
Alphabet as well as SoftBank's solar-powered drone gives initial LTE connection
Airborne cell towers have a variety of benefits over their earthbound brethren. They can cover a better geographical location and also be relocated to where they're needed. Yet while the concept is years of ages, the innovation is still under development.
Oct 8, 2020 // Technology, USA, Japan, Asia, North America, Softbank, solar drone, Alphabet, Junichi Miyakawa
Maxeon Solar Technologies Files Patent Action Against Canadian Solar in Japan
Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd., a global leader in solar innovation, today announced that it submitted a patent infringement suit versus Canadian Solar Japan K.K., in Tokyo District Court, Japan.
Sep 29, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Japan, Canadian Solar, Asia, Maxeon Solar, patent, Jeff Waters, Lindsey Wiedmann
Mitsubishi Power working with US utility Entergy on hydrogen, batteries and also nuclear-plus-storage
Mitsubishi Power has authorized a joint development agreement to concentrate on decarbonising technologies with Entergy, a United States incorporated power and also utility firm offering just under 3 million clients throughout 4 US states.
Sep 25, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, Japan, Asia, hydrogen, North America, Entergy, Mitsubishi Power, Paul Browning
Sharp introduces 440 W half-cut PV module with 19.9% effectiveness
The Japanese supplier said the brand-new photovoltaic panel features 144 half-cells based upon M6 wafers as well as a nine-busbar design, with a power resistance of as much as 5%.
Sep 24, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Japan, Sharp, Asia, PV module, efficiency, Jens Meyer
Toshiba develops extra Japanese solar and also hydrogen
The electronic devices titan is developing two PV plants with a consolidated generation capability of 58 MW with U.S. module manufacturer First Solar. Toshiba is additionally prolonging its hydrogen study project in Fukushima for an additional 2 years.
Sep 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Japan, First Solar, Asia, hydrogen, PV Power Plant, Toshiba
National lithium-ion battery supply chains placed
Experts at Bloomberg New Energy Finance have actually quantified the impact of markets worldwide. The ranking products a photo of 25 nations and also provides a five-year overview.
Sep 17, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, Japan, Canada, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, South Korea, China, Europe, Asia, North America, Finland, Bloomberg, Kwasi Ampofo, James Frith
First Solar, Toshiba ESS to develop close to 60 MW of PV parks in Japan
The Japanese unit of First Solar Inc (NASDAQ: FSLR) has actually partnered with Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp (Toshiba ESS) to develop 2 solar power plants in Tochigi Prefecture with an integrated capacity of nearly 60 MW.
Sep 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, First Solar, Asia, PV Power Plant, Toshiba ESS
Japanese Financial Group Orix To Spend Rs 7200 Cr In Greenko for 20 % risk
Diversified Japanese economic corporation, has made the largest solitary renewable energy financial investment right into India, with a $980 million (Rs 7200 crores) on sustainable significant Greenko Group Holdings. The deal is expected to be closed by the end of the year.
Sep 11, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, India, Asia, Adani Green Energy, Greenko, Anil Kumar Chalamalasetty, mahesh kolli, Prix group
Solar Power Finds Ripe New Market in Crop Protection
Which solar panel works best with which crop? The response to that concern is being looked for in hundreds of farms worldwide.
Sep 10, 2020 // Market Research, USA, Japan, France, Germany, South Korea, China, Europe, Asia, Netherlands, North America, baywa r.e., tata power solar, Ashish Khanna, Stephan Schindele, Sascha KrauseTunker, Maximilian Vorast, Sohini Gupta, Ajit Jain
Sonnedix buys 2.3-MW solar park in Japan
Independent power producer (IPP) Sonnedix Power Holdings Ltd on Monday claimed that its Japanese system has actually finalised the acquisition of a 2.3-MW solar (PV) park located in the Mie prefecture.
Aug 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Japan, Sonnedix, Axel Thiemann, pv power plants, Asia
Brand-new pathways for tin-monosulfide PV
Scientists in Japan have established a new procedure for the manufacture of crystalline tin monosulfide (SnS). By facilitating the development of crystals measuring up to 24mm in size, the procedure can aid conquer several of the challenges to pressing higher efficiencies out of this cheap, plentiful product.
Aug 26, 2020 // Technology, Japan, Asia, crystalline tin monosulfide