Japan has the potential by 2030 to triple the amount of electricity it gets from renewable sources such as solar and wind, a Ministry of the Environment study showed. Wind turbines developed by Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. and Hitachi Ltd., operate at the Wind Power Kamisu wind farm in Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, on … Continue reading Japan could triple power from wind energy and solar power by 2030
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Ideol, Hitachi Zosen team up on floating wind turbines in Japan
Ideol and Hitachi Zosen have signed an agreement to design, engineer and build floating offshore wind turbines in Japan. The project will use Ideol’s Damping Pool solution and is intended to speed up Japan’s drive to install floating wind farms as a way of increasing its energy mix. Ideol said the deal will support … Continue reading Ideol, Hitachi Zosen team up on floating wind turbines in Japan
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Japan’s solar power photovoltaic (PV) shipments in Oct-Dec 2014 at 2,239 MW
Sales of solar cell modules in Japan rose 10 percent to 2.29 gigawatts in October-December from a year earlier, industry data showed on Tuesday, bolstered by a government scheme to encourage renewable energy. But the quarterly shipments fell about 6 percent from 2.39 gigawatt in the July-September quarter, according to data provided by the … Continue reading Japan’s solar power photovoltaic (PV) shipments in Oct-Dec 2014 at 2,239 MW
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Hitachi Zosen, to build 220 MW offshore Japan wind farm
Hitachi Zosen Corp. and nine other companies plan to build a 220-megawatt offshore wind farm in northwestern Japan. The companies will build the station off the coast of Murakami city in Niigata prefecture, the city said in a faxed statement. Construction will start in April 2020. Financial terms weren’t provided. The Nikkei newspaper reported today … Continue reading Hitachi Zosen, to build 220 MW offshore Japan wind farm
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IHI and Toshiba to Launch Demonstration Research of Ocean Energy
IHI and Toshiba have been selected by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (“NEDO”) as co-researchers in the “Research and Development (“R&D”) of Ocean Energy Technology – Demonstration Research of Ocean Energy Power Generation”. After concluding the formal contract with NEDO, we will conduct demonstration research of a turbine system driven by the … Continue reading IHI and Toshiba to Launch Demonstration Research of Ocean Energy
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GE Energy Financial Services, Pacifico Energy to build second solar photovoltaic PV project in Japan
GE unit GE Energy Financial Services is continuing its expansion into the Japanese solar photovoltaic (PV) market. GE Energy Financial Services is continuing its expansion into the Japanese renewable energy power market, completing its second solar project financing transaction with Pacifico Energy, a Tokyo-based utility-scale solar project developer and subsidiary of Virginia Solar Group. GE … Continue reading GE Energy Financial Services, Pacifico Energy to build second solar photovoltaic PV project in Japan
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Solar power plant in in Nasushiobara, Japan
Clenergy, the clean energy investor and solar-solution provider, is proud to announce it is supplying mounting systems for one of the largest solar power plants in Japan. The solar energy project covers 370,000 square meters of land, with a total installation of 24.8MW. Clenergy, the clean energy investor and solar-solution provider, is proud to announce … Continue reading Solar power plant in in Nasushiobara, Japan
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China exports solar photovoltaic to Japan
China’s Hebei Province saw robust growth of photovoltaic products to Japan in the first ten months, local customs authorities have said. During this period, Hebei’s PV exports to Japan hit 2.7 billion yuan (440 million U.S. dollars), up 180 percent, while exports to the European Union and the United States dropped 38.6 percent and … Continue reading China exports solar photovoltaic to Japan
Continue readingJapan exploiting renewable energy to address shortage
Japan, an industrialized country but extremely resource poor, has put a great deal of attention on developing new and renewable energy over the years, with the latest case being in Okayama Prefecture where the construction of the biggest solar power plant was launched on Friday. A total of 920,000 solar panels will be installed … Continue reading Japan exploiting renewable energy to address shortage
Continue readingConstruction of 230 MW solar power plant begins in west Japan
A Japanese firm on Friday started construction of a solar power plant in western Japan’s Okayama prefecture, which will be one of the country’s biggest, the Kyodo news agency reported Friday. The 230-megawatt facility’s operator, Setouchi Future Creations LLC, a company founded by firms including GE Energy Financial Services and Toyo Engineering Corp., plans … Continue reading Construction of 230 MW solar power plant begins in west Japan
Continue readingFukushima Experimental Offshore Floating Wind Farm
A consortium comprised of Marubeni (project integrator), the University of Tokyo (technical advisor), Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan Marine United, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Hitachi, Furukawa Electric, Shimizu, and Mizuho Information & Research, has been participating in an experimental offshore floating wind farm project sponsored by the Ministry of … Continue reading Fukushima Experimental Offshore Floating Wind Farm
Continue readingJapan eyes wind energy: Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration Project
A huge amount of electricity supply was lost in Japan when the nuclear power plant at Fukushima was disabled by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011, and compensating for such a loss has required original thinking. An ingenious solution that is being pursued is to build a network of power-generating systems relying on a … Continue reading Japan eyes wind energy: Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration Project
Continue readingJapan’s Largest Solar Power Project Funded With Market-Leading Investment by GE
Kuni Umi Asset Management, GE (NYSE: GE) unit GE Energy Financial Services and Toyo Engineering Corporation have invested in Japan’s largest solar power project, a 231-megawatt facility to be built in Setouchi City, Okayama Prefecture, via special purpose company and representative member Setouchi Future Creations. GE Energy Financial Services holds a 60 percent stake in … Continue reading Japan’s Largest Solar Power Project Funded With Market-Leading Investment by GE
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Toshiba, Mitsui Complete 56 MW Wind Power and Solar Energy Plant in Japan
Toshiba Corp., Mitsui & Co. and partners completed a power station in central Japan that combines solar power and wind energy technologies. The Aichi prefecture plant, with 50 megawatts of solar capacity and 6 megawatts of wind, will start operations tomorrow, the companies said in a statement today. Six other companies are taking part in … Continue reading Toshiba, Mitsui Complete 56 MW Wind Power and Solar Energy Plant in Japan
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Major Asian Markets Set To Lead Solar Power Photovoltaic Growth
With legacy European markets continuing to decline, global solar PV demand is now being driven by Asian markets. Three of the Major Asia-Pacific countries are set to see annual demand double in 2014. The outliers in this trend are the UK and Australia. The UK has seen significant growth over the past two years as … Continue reading Major Asian Markets Set To Lead Solar Power Photovoltaic Growth
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Photovoltaic Solar energy demand to be driven by India, China, Japan
The total solar photovoltaic (PV) demand from the five leading Asia Pacific (APAC) markets—China, Japan, India, Australia and Thailand—is forecast to reach 17.2 GW during 2H’14, almost 60% of global solar PV demand, according to findings in the latest NPD Solarbuzz Asia Pacific Major PV Markets Quarterly report. While solar power has been growing across the … Continue reading Photovoltaic Solar energy demand to be driven by India, China, Japan
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Kyocera sees floating solar photovoltaic (PV) as one solution to Japan land shortages
Kyocera Corporation, Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation, and Ciel et Terre International announced today that they will begin construction this month on the world’s largest floating solar installation to date (in terms of output). Kyocera TCL Solar LLC will develop and operate utility-scale floating solar power plants utilizing Ciel et Terre’s Hydrelio floating solar platforms in … Continue reading Kyocera sees floating solar photovoltaic (PV) as one solution to Japan land shortages
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Plan of connecting Korea to Japan
Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco), the nation’s energy provider, is pushing a plan of connecting Busan to Japan’s Tsushima Island and Kyushu through a 200-kilometer (124-mile) underwater cable. The project will create a new grid to share power from Korea, which has a surplus, with Japan, which has a shortage of power due to the … Continue reading Plan of connecting Korea to Japan
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Yingli Green Energy to Supply Over 30 MW of Solar Modules for Solar Power Plant in Japan
Yingli Solar will deliver more than 125,000 multicyrstalline YGE 60 Cell Series PV modules to Gestamp Solar from October 2014 to February 2015. Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) (“Yingli Green Energy” or the “Company”), the largest vertically integrated photovoltaic (“PV”) module manufacturer in the world, known as “Yingli Solar,” today announced that … Continue reading Yingli Green Energy to Supply Over 30 MW of Solar Modules for Solar Power Plant in Japan
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First Solar, XSOL establish photovoltaic supply agreement in Japan
First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR), the leading global provider of comprehensive photovoltaic (PV) solar energy solutions, and XSOL Co., Ltd., a leading distributor and integrator of solar systems in Japan, today announced that they have signed an agreement to supply First Solar’s cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin film modules in Japan. The agreement targets installation of 100 megawatts … Continue reading First Solar, XSOL establish photovoltaic supply agreement in Japan
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