Lawson also has purchased Solar Frontiers online monitoring technology for the first 1,000 stores. The 150W modules will be made at Solar Frontiers cutting-edge 900MW capacity Kunitomi factory. Solar Frontiers Frontier Monitor will allow Lawson customers and anyone with an Internet connection to observe the system output of any Lawson store in real time.
Our proposition to Lawson was consistent with what we propose to all our customers, said Shigeaki Kameda, President of Solar Frontier. The new feed-in tariff in Japan, like all feed in tariffs, is based on the amount of kilowatt hours you return to the grid, and Solar Frontiers CIS technology is about delivering more kilowatt hours. Our modules are developed to deliver higher energy output in the real world plus the highest standard of quality from Solar Frontiers Kunitomi factory in Miyazaki, Japan.
Lawson plans to install solar panels at 1,000 of its domestic stores this fiscal year and 1,000 next year. Each store will install 12kW for an estimated average overall yearly power output of 11,000kWh per store.
The modules produced at Solar Frontiers gigawatt-scale Kunitomi factory benefit from advanced automation, scale, and low-energy, end-to-end processing from raw materials to finished modules. Solar Frontiers modules have been developed to produce more electricity (kWh) in real-world operating conditions, which results in higher financial returns and lower cost of ownership. The "light soaking" effect of CIS modules significantly increases output from initial values, while a lower temperature coefficient than crystalline silicon modules enables more electricity production in hotter climates. Solar Frontiers modules are also ecologically compelling, with lower overall energy consumption in the manufacturing process to yield one of the fastest energy payback times in the solar industry.
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