Etrion completes 9.5 MW in northern Japan
Etrion has connected 4.2 MW (DC) of solar capacity to the grid at two sites in Japan’s Aomori prefecture. The two arrays are part of a 9.5 MW project spanning four locations.
Sparx completes 13 MW near Tokyo
Sparx Green Energy and Technology — a unit of Tokyo-based asset manager Sparx — has switched on a 12.8 MW solar project in eastern Japan. It claims that the installation — which stretches roughly 10 kilometres between Shiroi and Inzai, Chiba prefecture — is the “longest” PV project in Japan.
Canadian Solar begins operation on 52.5 MWp of solar plants in Japan
The solar PV giant announced the commercial operation of four solar PV power plants in Japan in the first half of 2017
NCLAVE supplies fixed structure for 25 MW solar PV project in Japan
The structure and tracker supplier is seeking to consolidate its presence in the Japanese solar market.
Neo Solar Power subsidiary sells 14.68 MW solar project in Fukushima, Japan
Neo Solar Power’s subsidiary has completed the transfer of 100% of shares of its solar project in Fukushima, in what is the first ever large-scale solar transaction by a Taiwanese company in Japan.
Japan: GE, DBJ launch $669.6 million solar fund
GE Energy Financial Services (GE EFS), the energy investment arm of General Electric, has started a new fund with the state-owned Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) to invest in operational solar projects.
Sharp to build 16 MW of rooftop PV in Thailand
Sharp Solar Solution Asia (SSSA), a unit of the Japanese group, will install solar panels on top of stores owned by Bangkok-based hypermarket retailer Big C. The two companies are now discussing the possibility of expanding the agreement to include an additional 11 MW of PV capacity.
JRE starts building 17.1 MW solar plant in Japan
Japan Renewable Energy (JRE) has broken ground on a new solar plant east of Tokyo.
JinkoSolar supplying 38.4 MW solar plant in Japan’s Hokkaido
The Tier-1 Chinese solar company will supply its solar modules to a new utility-scale solar installation being built at Tomakomai, located on the southern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
Jinko bags 187 MW module order from Japan
The panels will be used by a unit of Quantum Group for three large-scale PV projects in the Japanese prefectures of Ibaraki, Gunma and Mie.
