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As Australia’s nearby trading partners, including China, South Korea and Japan, switch to clean energy sources, the country will be forced to adapt, or else

topped the ranking of cumulative capacity of solar projects awarded under Japan's feed-in tariff (FIT) auction programme given that its launch in 2017, with

to German-born American John B. Goodenough, Brit Stanley Whittingham and Japan’s Akira Yoshino, for developing lithium-ion batteries. “Lithium-ion

rollout of tenders, but is influenced by low completion prices for projects. Japan and also South Korea are placed 3rd and also 4th, setting up 63GW and 58GW of

57 MW operating solar profile and also its 45 MW solar park incomplete in Japan. The Company has received a number of non-binding propositions from strategic

fund’s placement agents were Japanese branch of Goldman Sachs and NSC. The total amount of investment raised constituted 266m USD.  So far, the

company Vena Energy has commissioned two solar parks in Aomori Prefecture, Japan with a combined capacity of 20 MW. The Nanbucho 2 and 3 solar photovoltaic

between juwi and Shizen Energy is constructing the project on behalf of Japanese renewables designer Pacifico Energy. Work will start this October, with the

and South Korea is one of its two main markets in the Asia Pacific, alongside Japan. What Is Peak Energy's Joint Venture With Topinfra in South Korea? The

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has launched a procurement round for large scale PV projects, the fourth of its kind since the auction regime was introduced. The Japanese government expects to allocate 300 MW of solar power generation capacity and secure lower solar electricity prices than those allocated in the three auctions held between 2017 and 2018. The minimum size of system eligible to bid for a power supply contract has been reduced from 2 MW to 500 kW in this year’s procurement. Developers have until tomorrow to submit bids and the results will be announced on September 3. In its projections, the ministry said the average cost of solar power generation from utility scale facilities is expected to drop to ¥10/kWh ($0.093) or less by mid-2021. Disappointing returns The previous three auctions were relatively disappointing in terms of final prices and allotted capacity. An under-subscribed first exercise in November 2017 saw only 140 MW of a hoped-for 500 MW of capacity allocated, at an average price of ¥19.6/kWh. The second auction, in September, was more successful in terms of capacity, with around 197 MW secured, but still delivered a pricey lowest bid of ¥16.47. In the third exercise, finalized in January, final prices fell slightly but remained considerably higher than those seen in other mature markets, at ¥15.01/kWh. The ministry had received 38 bids but pre-qualified only 16, which offered total capacity of around 300 MW. In the event, only seven of the projects – with an aggregate capacity of 196.6 MW – secured contracts. The Agency for Natural Resources and Energy department of the ministry has admitted it had aimed to secure 1-1.5 GW of new PV capacity through the three procurement rounds.

Silicon Materials (Currently REC Silicon/USA). Tokuyama Corporation (Japan). MEMC Electronic Materials (USA and Italy). Mitsubishi Materials

Power Ledger and Japan’s KEPCO have decided to continue their cooperation started by the last-year Osaka project. According to the new

a short-circuit current of 6.5 mA cm-2, and a fill factor of 81.9%, with the Japan Electrical Safety and Environment Technology Laboratories certifying a

ILX Fund I is contributing a syndicated B-loan of USD 28.05 million, while Japan International Cooperation Agency is providing a syndicated parallel loan of

fossil fuels across the 12-strong group, spanning India, Australia, China and Japan. Wood Mackenzie research director Alex Whitworth said the shift will