SOLVISTO

• Triple difficulty

• Revision of FIT in large scale called for in the final hours at the end of 2014 . The emergency measure focusing on "lowering national burden" and "changeable period for output control by power company."

• Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association: Shinichi Suzuki, head of administration
• Photovoltaic Power Generation Technology Research Association Yukinori Kuwano, President
• Advanced Industrial Science and Technology : Shigeru Niki, Director

• An analysis of the problem of resources for materials for use with solar cells
• The high degree of reliance on China is a source of concern

• ・Jinko Sokar: Achieves highest efficiency with 60 poly silicon module
• ・JA Solar : Delivers 100MW of PV module to the first large solar firm in Pakistan
• ・Hanhwa Q Cells: HanwhaSolar Power agrees to a merger, the merger process set for February
• ・Toshiba Mitsubishi Electric System: pass the zero voltage ride through (ZVRT) test for the Chinese national power grid
• ・Solar Frontier: enters into a contract with the city of Hiraizumi for renting about 30 ha of land for business use
• ・Suntech Power: to expand its share of the market in the Benelux area
• ・WINAICO: obtains Japanese authentication for its JETPV module
• ・US Department of Commerce: Final decision on duties to be imposed on silicon PV products manufactured in China and Taiwan
• ・Government of Canada: To investigate dumping of PV products made in China

• ・Nagoya University and Next Energy and Resource: now testing living in a completely off-grid solar house in the city of Toyota
• Examines the lifestyle of young people living in the countryside
• ・Honda: a hydrogen supply facility for FCVs, Solar Hydrogen Station, now under development, cars linked to hydrogen as well as renewable energy

• Japan Solar Energy Society: holds a seminar entitled, “Issues and Policies Related to the Long Term Reliability of Photovoltaic Power Generation Systems

• Trend of stock market in domestic PV industry/ Trend of project of installation and amount

• ・Toshiba: test of an energy system combining PV systems and fuel cells to commence this spring
• ・I AND C-Cruise: starts a service to support the startup of a renovation system
• ・Solar Partners: begins a service to compensate for holding down the purchase of renewable energy
• ・Smart energy: holds a seminar geared to investors
• ・The first installation completed in Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, using artificial resin for forming the base of an outdoor photovoltaic system
• ・The Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association: calls upon companies and users for caution regarding incidents involving falling snow
• ・Taiyo Yuden Co.: aiming at sales of JPY1 billion in its PV business
• ・Hitachi Ltd.: established a joint venture with ABB

• ・Daikin Industry: former president and COO Hiroyuki Kitai passes away

• ・To raise the ratio accounted for by dispersed energy systems, including photovoltaic electric power, in the total amount of power generated from the current 4% to 30% in 2020, Takao Kashiwagi, professor for temporary appointment at Tokyo City University, professor at Tokyo University of Technology
• ・RITE: Holds the Innovative Environmental Technology Symposium 2014-Aiming at a Clean, Economical, Low Carbon Society

• Although the pace is slow, the potential is great, in Japan an accumulated 2.7GW, 18th place, a worldwide, a rush for going into operation in 2 years, companies show rising concern toward the actual status of wind power electric power generation

• ・XSOL: monocrystalline modules, puts 2 new products on sale, the double gluing process and NAI-X
• ・Suntech Power Japan: 2 types of polycrystalline modules, 1 type of monocrystalline module to go on sale in April
• ・China Sunergy: monocrystalline 280W module goes on sale

• Monthly power generation

• Overview of such events as announcements of business closings from the latter part of January into early February, schedule of training and seminars to be held,