Japan

Enfinity Global protects US$ 242 million for 70MW of solar PV in Japan
Renewables designer and sustainability services provider Enfinity Global has protected ¥ 29 billion (US$ 242 million) in lasting financing for three lately finished utility-scale solar plants in Japan amounting to 70MW.
Aug 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Asia, japan solar, Enfinity Global, Japan FiT
Chalcopyrite solar cell for tandem applications, photocatalytic water splitting
Japanese scientists have built a chalcopyrite PV device for tandem solar cells and water splitting for hydrogen generation. The tool has a power conversion performance of 11.05%, an open-circuit voltage of 0.960 V, a short-circuit current density of 15.9 mA centimeters − 2, and a fill element of 72.4%.
Aug 3, 2022 // Technology, Japan, Asia, solar cell, efficiency, AIST
X-ELIO solar project secures Japanese support contract
Spanish developer's 15MW in Yamaguchi Prefecture is anticipated to be operational in the 2nd half of 2024
Aug 3, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, x-elio, Toshiaki Isoi
NGK to power Japanese sites with 2.6-MW solar-plus-storage system
Japanese ceramics company NGK Insulators Ltd (TYO:5333) will install 2.6 MW of roof solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) systems combined with 1.2 MWh of NAS battery ranked capacity at its producing sites in Ishikawa prefecture.
Aug 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, Japan, Asia, Solar-Plus-Storage System, NGK
Financial services team Orix, utility Kansai Electric construct 113MWh battery storage system in western Japan
A joint venture (JV) in Japan between monetary services team Orix and regional utility company Kansai Electric (KEPCO) will develop and operate a large-scale battery storage system.
Jul 19, 2022 // Storage, Japan, Asia, joint venture, asset management, Orix, day ahead trading, electricity business act, market reform, monopoly
Mitsubishi finishes procurement of renewables trading firm ElectroRoute
Mitsubishi Corporation has actually finished the purchase of continuing to be shares of renewables trading firm ElectroRoute.
Jul 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Europe, Asia, mitsubishi, energy trading, ElectroRoute, stake acquisition
Pacifico Energy wins more than half of Japan's 129-MW solar tender
Japan has actually chosen 5 solar photovoltaic (PV) projects amounting to 128.94 MW in the most recent tender with Pacifico Energy KK winning over half of the designated capacity.
Jun 20, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, tender, Asia, Pacifico Energy
juwi Shizen Energy finishes up work with 54-MWp solar park in Japan
Tokyo-based renewables professional juwi Shizen Energy Inc introduced on Monday that it has actually turned over a 53.9-MWp/ 39.9-MW (AC) solar photovoltaic (PV) farm it worked with in Japan's Tochigi prefecture.
Jun 7, 2022 // Plants, Japan, Asia, Solar Park, juwi Shizen Energy
Canadian Solar tops Japanese PV market
Company has secured 180MW of capacity under the country's FIT auctions according to Nikkei BP Intelligence Group
May 18, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Canadian Solar, Asia, Shawn Qu
Japan's Shizen, Kyuden to jointly establish renewables in Southeast Asia
Japanese renewables programmer Shizen Energy Inc stated on Friday its subsidiary Shizen International Inc has actually collaborate with Kyuden International Corp to collaborate in the renewable resource company with a concentrate on Southeast Asia.
May 16, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, Southeast Asia, Shizen, Kyuden
In the direction of more effective, non-toxic, and flexible thin-film solar cells
Climate change, among the major global worries today, has actually made it clear that fossil fuels are harmful to our atmosphere and are not a sustainable source of power. It is important to adopt clean sources of power, and also solar cells are a prominent prospect on this front.
May 13, 2022 // Technology, Japan, solar cells, Asia, efficiency, Ritsumeikan University, flexible thin-film solar cells, Jakapan Chantana, Takashi Minemoto
Sharp launches 540 W bifacial solar module
Sharp's new IEC 61215 and also IEC 61730-certified-certified panel attributes 144 half-cells based on M10 wafers and a 10-busbar style. Its operating temperature level coefficient is -0.349% per degree Celsius and its power tolerance rises to 5%.
May 4, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Japan, Sharp, Asia, solar module, bifacial solar module
Japan's first vertical agrivoltaic project
The facility was built with heterojunction modules and placing systems supplied by German firms Luxor Solar and Next2Sun, specifically. The range in between the panel rows ranges from 8 to 10 meters and also the farming surface within the rows will be made use of by neighborhood livestock farmers as pasture.
May 2, 2022 // Plants, Japan, Germany, Europe, Asia, Luxor Solar
Jera, West HD finalise 1GW Japanese solar deal
Projects to be established over 4 years at new sites as well as former nuclear power plant
Apr 27, 2022 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, jera, West HD
Maxeon, Canadian Solar resolve patent infringement suit in Japan
Solar module providers Maxeon Solar Technologies as well as Canadian Solar have cleared up an agreement on a patent infringement lawsuit in Japan.
Apr 21, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Japan, Canadian Solar, Asia, lawsuit, Maxeon, patent infringement, Maxeon Solar Technologies, shingled solar modules, settlement