SOLVISTO

• Exactly 4 years

• Buying price of photovoltaic electricity for the new year. For non-residential use
• (10kW or more) it went from JPY32/kWh to JPY29/kWh (JPY27/kWh as of July). For residential use, (under 10kW/h) it went from JPY37/kWh to JPY33/kWh (without any obligation to install an output control device), to be lowered to JPY35/kWh (with an obligation to install an output control device)
• Is the output control device around 10%? The Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association (JPEA) announces, “The output control simulation”

• West Holdings remains firmly in first place for the 3rd consecutive year, while Sanix trebles in sales, jumping to second place
• Powerful sales agencies entering the ranking really slash out!! Outlook for PV sales in 2015 and dealing with FIT
• Interview: Well established trading company dealing in building materials over 100 years since its founding “Our PV business has grown to account for 1/3 of total sales,” stated Akira Yamamoto of Takashima, manager of the General Energy Division

• Trina Solar Japan: aiming at shipments of panels to grow around 30% over the previous year
• Yingli Green Energy Japan: anticipates shipment of 3.6GW worldwide for this financial term, with the Japanese market accounting for 1/4

• Energy Mix, the national research project gets underway, divines the positioning of photovoltaic power generation in the energy mix
• Tokyo University: Manufacturing Technology Research Center, with departments for people and society, center for energy engineering, Professor Kazuhiko Ogimoto
• The foundation Institute of Applied Energy: Project Testing Research Department, Manager Atsushi Kurosawa
• Tokyo University: Graduate School, School of Engineering, Resilience Physics Research Center, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, Department of Systems Innovation, course in Environment and Energy Systems Innovation, Associate Professor Ryoichi Komiyama

• US Solar Energy Industries Association: according to its investigation there are over 170,000 people employed in the photovoltaic industry

• Schneider Electric: participates in the construction of the world’s first eco-data center
• Canadian Solar: enters the PV market in the UK
• Yingli Green Energy: supplies panels to the first solar farm the eastern part of Malaysia
• Trina Solar: announces 2 new high efficiency, high output products
• Jinko Solar: supplies its smart modules to a ground mounted PV project
• China Sunergy: supplies solar cells totaling 81MW to a solar park
• LDK Solar: applies Federal Bankruptcy Law Article 15 and Article 11
• Neo Solar Power: increases earning by 37% for 2014
• Phono Solar: aiming at sales of 40MW for 2014 with the creation of a PV system package
• SunPower: to obtain operational funds from Yield Co.
• ET Solar: procures funds from CEFC to expand its business in Australia

• The institution called the Japan Photovoltaic Maintenance Association: to hold presentations regarding business, aimed at 200 members and to be held nationwide

• Sharp: holds a press conference regarding its Cloud Storage Battery System
• Schneider Electronic: holds a meeting focusing on the liberalization of electric power in Japan
• Chemtox: holds a seminar on the latest trends regarding safety standards for European railroad rolling stock
• Sumitomo Denko: delivers a string monitoring system
• Solar Frontier: signs a contract for the sale of the its first mega solar it developed
• Hanhwa Q Cells Japan: to make an approach to the market with is new Energy Seminar for the Manufacturing Industry

• Fujisaki Electric: President Koji Fujisaki, strives to get an edge over other companies mainly for industrial use. Anticipates sales of JPY7.9 billion for its PV related business for the period ending in September of this year

• Chemitox: to begin offering a mobile PV test lab service as of October
• Omron: this spring to market the world’s smallest and lightest hybrid power storage system for solar cell use, the KP48S
• SMA Japan: announces the marketing of an all-in-one package product this summer for the Japanese market containing a high voltage tandem 3 phase，25kW power converter for large scale electric power stations
• TSEC: plans to begin mass production of a 360W single crystal module at the end of this year

• Monthly production of electricity

• An overview of events including the announcement of financial closings from the latter part of March through April, as well as dates when training sessions and seminars are to be held