Japan
Kikkoman Soy Sauce Factory Goes Solar
24 August 2010POSTED IN Business News
Kikkoman Foods, Inc. will install a 106.6 KW DC solar electric (photovoltaic) system from Mitsubishi Electric at its facility in Folsom, California.
SEPA Mission Affirms US Solar on the Right Track
20 August 2010POSTED IN Business News
Eighteen utility leaders on the Solar Electric Power Association’s (SEPA) third annual fact-finding mission to Japan on 25-30 July 2010 returned with a refreshed outlook on the solar power market in the US.
Solarfun Expands Photovoltaic Distribution in Japan
17 August 2010POSTED IN Business News
Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd., a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers and photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules in China, today announced it has signed a PV module distribution agreement with Fujimi Fine Technology Inc., a leading manufacturer of silicon wafers and distributor of semiconductor products.
Roll-Up Curtain Solar Cell Developed by Mitsubishi
10 August 2010POSTED IN Applications News
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. has made a solar power system in the shape of a roll-up curtain that can be fitted to windows and walls and drawn down to generate electricity when the sun shines.
EPIC Report Shows Growth in PV Market
09 July 2010POSTED IN Business News
EPIC, The European Photonics Industry Consortium announces the release of Report on Photovoltaics: PV Market Overview 2009, which includes the finding that the worldwide sales of photovoltaic panels reached $US 37.2 billion in 2009.
SunPower CTO Receives IEEE Award
28 June 2010POSTED IN Applications News
Richard Swanson, CTO and co-founder of SunPower Corporation received the 2010 IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal at the IEEE Honors Ceremony in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Saturday, 26 June.
Unidym and Tokyo Electron to Develop Large-Scale Manufacturing Equipment for Printable Carbon Nanotube-Based Displays and Solar Cells
04 June 2010POSTED IN Applications News
Unidym, a majority owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research, announced today that it has finalized an agreement with Tokyo Electron (TEL) to develop manufacturing equipment for carbon nanotube based displays and solar cells.
GTM Report: Global Photovoltaic Cell Production Grew 51% in 2009
02 June 2010POSTED IN Business News
Global photovoltaic cell production last year grew by 51%, from 7.1GW in 2008 to 10.7GW in 2009, according to a research note published by Greentech Media Research.
Mitsubishi Electric to Invest 7 Billion JPY in Smart Grid Technology
17 May 2010POSTED IN Business News
Mitsubishi Electric announced today that it will invest a total of 7 billion yen by March 2012 in a project to build facilities within the company's production sites in Japan for experiments designed to establish advanced smart grid technologies.
Solterra Renewable Technologies Partners with JETRO to Introduce Quantum Dot Materials and Technology to Japan
13 May 2010POSTED IN Applications News
Solterra Renewable Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quantum Materials Corporation announced its participation in the Japanese External Trade Organization's (JETRO) program for bringing businesses to Japan.
Hitachi Makes Lead Acid Battery Available in North America
05 May 2010POSTED IN New Products
Hitachi America’s Industrial and Infrastructure Systems Division announced that it is focusing on energy storage for the smart grid to complement wind and solar farms.
High-Efficiency CIGS Cell with Low-Cost Substrate
09 April 2010POSTED IN Applications News
Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd. and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) achieved high efficiency of CIGS solar cells employing a low-cost metal substrate.
EPIA Reports Sunny Outlook for PV
01 April 2010POSTED IN Politics and Policy News
In advance of its release of the “Global Market Outlook for Photovoltaics until 2014”, the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) reported its forecast for the global photovoltaic (PV) market.
Arizona State University and the University of Tokyo Partner to Advance PV Technology
31 March 2010POSTED IN Applications News
ASU and the University of Tokyo formed a three-year partnership through which the two universities will collaborate on solar research projects, exchange educational information and materials, conduct joint lectures and symposia and exchange services of faculty members, research staff and students.
Mitsubishi Electric PV System Powers First Solar Installation
25 March 2010POSTED IN Applications News
Mitsubishi Electric announced today that it has completed installation of a 62 kilowatt (kW) photovoltaic (PV) system at Toyo Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.'s Kanto Factory in Tatebayashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Mitsubishi Electric Announces New Intelligent Power Modules
18 March 2010POSTED IN New Products
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. announced today the launch of its new "PV Series" intelligent power modules (IPM), mainly for use in residential photovoltaic (PV) inverters.
High-Performance Solar Module Features 215 Watts and 14.4% Efficiency
06 March 2010POSTED IN New Products
Kyocera has announced the release of a new solar module from its KD series onto the market. With its high nominal output, extreme stability under mechanical pressure and optimized junction box, the new KD215GH-2PU fulfills high requirements in every field.
Kyocera Solar Module Manufacturing Plant Comes To San Diego
03 March 2010POSTED IN Business News
Kyocera Solar, Inc. today announced plans to begin manufacturing solar modules in San Diego, Calif., to serve the U.S. market's growing demand for clean energy. The U.S. module manufacturing will support a new milestone for Kyocera's solar energy business -- global production capacity targeting 1,000 megawatts of solar cells per year by March 2013.
Konarka Gets $20 Million from Konica Minolta for R&D Partnership
02 March 2010POSTED IN Business News
Konarka Technologies, Inc., a Lowell, Massachusetts-based supplier of polymer-based, organic photovoltaic (OPV) films, today announced that they have received a $20 million investment from Konica Minolta, as part of a comprehensive R&D collaboration and strategic investment agreement. The companies will start full-scale collaboration in April in the joint development and distribution of organic thin-film photovoltaics.
Kyocera to Expand Annual Solar Cell Production to 1GW
02 March 2010POSTED IN Business News
The Japanese technology corporation Kyocera, one of the leading manufacturers in the photovoltaic field, will increase its annual solar cell production targets to meet the growing demand for solar energy products in the global market. New targets aim for an incremental increase to 1 gigawatt (GW) per year by March 2013 — 2.5 times more than the current fiscal year 2010 production volume of 400MW.
