SOLVISTO

• Three countries

• Storage batteries as the trump card to cope with output control system
• Subsidy of JPY40 billion or more from METI for mega solar, companies, housings each
• Still technology improvement is required for storage batteries

• Yasukawa Electric challenges the industry! The company is causing a revolution in terms of compactness and energy saving in the field of home use with the development of the first GaN power converter for the PV industry

• REC Solar Japan: firming up its partnership with its sales agencies, the company will be benefiting from the demand for home use and for low pressure

• The Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association (JPEA), general incorporated association
• Interview with Masaaki Kameta, the new Secretary General

• Demand response: aiming at an efficient balance of supply and demand
• What is meant by “negawatt power transaction”

• RIKEN, the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research: closing up on the actual picture of the organic thin film solar cell with a conversion ratio of 10%, we make an in depth report on the Emergent Molecular Function Research Group

• National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
• AIST: holds its 2015 Meeting to Announce Achievements in Photovoltaic Research, announces the results of its research and development and issues for the future

• ● Jinko Solar: offers a module for the first mega solar in Japan with a storage battery installed
• ● Advanced Energy: withdraws from the solar inverter business
• ● JA Solar: passes the RETC shock resistance test
• ● First Solar, SunPower: their yieldco implements its IPO (initial price offering)
• ● China Sunergy: signs a contract to supply modules totaling 300MW
• ● First Solar: achieves the world’s highest conversion ratio for thin film solar cell modules
• ● Solar Frontier: constructs PV power generation stations totaling 9MW at 5 locations in the Kyushu area
• ● Canadian Solar: supplies a module to a 43MW power station in Kita Kyushu

• ● Sharp: holds a ceremony regarding shipment of Black Solar, promotes the image of the new Sharp
• ● Eco Style: launches its Self-Supply, Self Sufficient Project geared to its new electric power business, aiming at securing a 100MW power source
• ● NEDO: solicits companies to participate in its project to develop PV power generation recycling technology, recruitment for Low Cost Degradative Treatment Technology Testing

• ● Panasonic Eco Solutions: Techno Structure construction method for the home, installed for a total of 50,000 homes, aiming at sales of ZEH1000
• ● XSOL: installs a large 1.79MW power generation facility for in house　XSOL: installs a large 1.79MW power generation facility for in house use in Chiba Prefecture
• ● Proinso Japan (Tokyo): starts up the first online shop for PV power generation equipment in Japan
• ● Sanyo Electric (Tokyo): shipment of power converters up by 1.5 fold over the previous year, reaching 150MW
• ● Axis (Shimatori): monitoring systems doing well, sales reach \300 million
• ● SI Solar (Osaka):sales of \10.4 billion, up by 2.4 fold over the previous year
• ● OKI Engineering: renovates its Power Cycle Test for next generation power semiconductors. Non-destructive testing will become possible

• Smart Energy: President Takuya Ogushi, "even so, PV power generation still remains an attractive renewable energy worth developing and investing in"

• ● Toshiba Mitsubishi Electric Industries System: begins taking orders for 2,300kW and 2,500kW outdoor type PCS as of mid-June
• ● Nisshin Elecric: box to connect with a 660kW power converter capable of handling 1,000V DC
• Monthly power generation

• Overview of the schedule of the holding of events such as training and seminars from mid-July to August

• Overview of power conditioners Part 2