SOLVISTO

• Outward and Return

• SMA, ABB, Schneider Electric
• Conducts interviews at the manufacturers of the large power conditioner systems (PCS) regarding their business strategy in Japan

• 4 strong companies anticipating high growth for lithium ion batteries which are increasing their versatility

• Toshiba: new products which excel for home use, strategy for the 50kW-1MW system market, the power conditioner system which can cope with output control

• “With liberalization an increase in the number of players is an absolute certainty.” For the PV industry defining the amount of electric power generated and the price are a wall. The Japan Electric Power Exchange (Tokyo), interview with Ryoichi Kunimatsu, manager of the Planning Department,

• Taisei, reaches a yearly zero balance of energy consumption and production

• Finally resolved, the outlook regarding the long term supply and demand of energy (energy mix) remains the same as of the end of April, and for renewable energy, double the current status、22-24%, of which solar energy accounts for 7%

• 100GW of PV power generation needs to be brought in to reach the goal of bringing in a ratio of renewable energy of 24% from 2030 on

• A main stage seminar is held

• Technology making detection of hot spots and examination possible is being developed for each of these aspects

• • Gintech Energy: heading toward expansion of business through an alliance with the Tongwei Group
• • WWB: Sales for the third quarter up by 34.8%, promotion of product development as a pillar for earnings from 200MW of mega solar power sales
• • Kogakuin University solar car project: to participate in the world’s largest solar car race (October)
• • Solar Frontier: records a total shipment of 3GW of CIS thin film solar cell modules
• • Hanwha Q Cells: supplies modules totaling 148.8MW to India
• • Jinko Solar: for 2015 aiming at shipments totaling 4GW worldwide
• • Canadian Solar: secures credit accomodation of \3.5 billion, with projects in Japan one after another
• • Yingli Green Energy: construct a 50MW power generation plant in Shanxi Province
• • SunPower: participates in Australian power generation and power storage projects

• Panasonic Eco Solutions: holds a meeting to announce a new product, a high output solar cell module with a 25 year warrantee and conducts a tour of the plant
• Trina Solar: the Osaka Sango University solar car team which it sponsors wins the international solar car race

• • Chemitox: holds its mobile PV lab seminar
• • Rising Corporation: sales of \3 billion, down 30% over the previous year
• • Panasonic Eco Solutions: Home Energy Management System (HEMS) “Expansion of smart HEMS, an HEMS truck to be made ready for home exhibition
• • Fujisaki Electric: expands its biomass electric power station using bamboo as fuel
• • Telesun Power: working together with Daigo Energy Japan it is aiming at sales of 150MW for 2015
• • REC Solar: WQ, which sells PV modules in Japan, has become a new member of the REC partnership program
• • Hanwha Q Cells Japan: gets an order for solar cell modules for a mega solar project in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, involving up to 198,000 cells
• • Toshiba Mitsubishi Electric System: an increase in electric power earnings of about \1.43 million with the first main site controller introduced into Japan

• 【Regarding thermal power generation】Thermal power, energy mix for 2030 from the current 90% down to 56%

• • Hanwha Q Cells Japan: begins marketing the Cloud HEMS made by NEC
• • Omron: in addition to controlling output, there is greater function and additional series for the solar cell power generation monitor Energy Intelligent Gateway which can cope with a link to HEMS and remote monitoring
• • Suntech Power Japan: expands it lineup of solar cell modules for the home, and peripheral equipment (battery storage system), improved power generation for single crystalline silicon and polycrystalline silicon
• • Exsol: begins marketing 2 types of polycrystalline solar cell modules
• • Sharp: comes out with an air conditioner which can cope with the DC storage batteries

• Monthly monitor

• Overview of events such as announcement of financial results from the end of August up to September, training, and seminars held

• Overview of connection boxes, power collection boxes