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Auction winner: Interconnection constraints limiting big solar in Japan
is already well known that utility-scale solar is hit by land constraints in Japan. However, Eva Pauly, International Project Development Director at
Jan 29, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, FiT, utilities, Asia, auction, interconnection, METI, curtailment, energy transition, Constant Energy, ciel & terre international, franck constant, Eva Pauly
KEPCO, KDS Solar Seal 4 MW PPA with McDonald's Japan
has signed a 4-megawatt solar power purchase agreement (PPA) with McDonald's Japan and KDS Solar. This partnership aims to bolster renewable energy usage within
Dec 18, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Asia, KEPCO, McDonald, KDS Solar
Gurin Energy Enters Japan with 500MW Battery Project
construct and operate a 500-MW/2-GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Japan. The project, the largest one of its kind in the Asian country, is expected to
Dec 20, 2023 // Storage, Japan, Asia, Gurin Energy
Trina Solar Powers Japan's Industrial Energy Storage
Solar has landed its first industrial solar energy storage project in Japan, signing a memorandum of understanding with Narashinrinsigen Hozenkousya. The
Dec 13, 2023 // Storage, Japan, Asia, Trina Solar
Total begins work on 52 MW solar park in Japan
capacity solar project Total Solar International has started work on in Japan will use 116,000 high-efficiency Maxeon solar panels supplied by U.S.
Oct 9, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, SunPower, Asia, Julien Pouget, Total Solar International
Toyota Tsusho secures solar power from Canadian Solar in Japan
Solar Inc has launched commercial operations at two photovoltaic parks in Japan under the country's feed-in premium regime. The company has signed a 20-year
Jun 19, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Canadian Solar, Asia, PV Power Plant
SolarEdge gets JET qualification in Japan
actually opened up a technological as well as screening centre in Yokohama, Japan, SolarEdge anticipates to be able to bring brand-new items to the
Feb 10, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Japan, Asia, SolarEdge, residential, pv inverters
Singapore's Vena Energy Powers Up 53-MW Solar Project in Japan
Energy has obtained financing for its 53-MW Kasama solar project in Japan. The facility located in Ibaraki prefecture in the Kanto region of Honshu is expected
Jun 14, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, Singapore, PV Power Plant, Vena Energy, Solar Project
Pacifico tees off at 121MW PV park in Japan
Japanese programmer Pacifico Energy has started construction of a 121MW solar ranch in Japan.
The project is located at Sanda in Hyogo prefecture as well as will certainly be mostly created on the website of a golf course.
The EPC service provider is Juwi Shizen Energy.
Commercial operations are anticipated to start in 2023.
When completely commissioned, the project will produce approximately 143 million kilowatt-hours of power a year.
The development was mainly financed by MUFG Bank and Mitsubishi HC Capital, with Baker McKenzie functioning as lawful guidance to Pacifico Energy.
Pacifico Energy has currently begun construction of 15 solar energy plants throughout Japan totalling 1293MW.
Eleven of the projects, with a combined capability of 930MW, have been completed and are now in commercial operation.
Aug 2, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Asia, Pacifico Energy, PV Power Plant, solar farm
Japan sets feed-in tariffs for the 2020 Japanese Financial Year
was presented to kick-start the marketplace in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 which resulted damage to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power
Feb 6, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Japan, Asia, rooftop PV, feed-in tariffs, third-party ownership
Japan to provide $330M for Qatar huge solar power plant
Japan will provide economic assistance to assist build among the world's largest solar power plants in Qatar, regional media reported on Thursday.
According to Kyodo News, the state-backed Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and also Mizuho Bank will prolong a $330 million syndicated financing for the 800-megawatt job in Al Kharsaah, a town in western Qatar.
"This finance is anticipated to contribute to more fortifying of the multilayered economic connections between Japan and also Qatar," JBIC claimed in a declaration.
A consortium of Japanese company Marubeni Corporation, French oil giant Total, and a Qatari energy company will certainly have and manage the solar power plant, which is slated to be practical by April 2022.
The consortium will certainly offer electrical power for 25 years to Qatar General Electricity and also Water Corporation, according to the declaration.
The facility will utilize double-sided photovoltaic or pv panels that "can additionally absorb sunshine shown by the ground onto their back side," it included.
The job belongs to Qatar's strategies to diversify its power resources, with the liquefied all-natural gas-rich Gulf country aiming to raise the percentage of renewable resource in its overall power generation to 20% by 2030.
Aug 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Japan, Asia, Qatar, Total, North America, PV Power Plant
Obton, GSSG Solar JV acquires 117-MW solar portfolio in Japan
has partnered with GSSG Solar LLC to purchase a 117-MW solar portfolio in Japan, including eight operational parks with a total capacity of 104 MW and one
Jul 8, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Asia, obton, GSSG
Maxeon, Canadian Solar resolve patent infringement suit in Japan
withdraw any challenges to Maxeon's patent on shingled solar cell modules (Japan Patent No. JP6642841B2) as well as discontinue to offer shingled solar cell
Apr 21, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Japan, Canadian Solar, Asia, lawsuit, Maxeon, patent infringement, Maxeon Solar Technologies, shingled solar modules, settlement
Etrion drops 47.2-MW solar portfolio in Japan
were purchased by a tie-up of firms possessed by Development Bank of Japan Inc, Kansai Electric Power Co Inc as well as Osaka Gas Co Ltd, the seller
Jun 23, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, solar parks, Etrion, solar portfolio
Sonnedix closes funding for 45-MW solar plant in Japan
Japan KK has protected the JPY-18.7-billion (USD 162.3 m/EUR 144.8 m) financing from The Bank of Fukuoka Ltd, as an arranger, and also 8 various other
Nov 25, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Japan, Sonnedix, Asia, solar plant