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Moving toward introduction of FIT !
First a ramping as we head to major PV growth

Moving toward introduction of FIT !Setting the general outline even by this summer、buying up the entire amount for industrial use
Soliciting opinions for industrial and home use

A specific proposal for introduction of a system for buying up the entire amount of renewable energy at a fixed price has been announced, to make PV for power generation to fall under FIT, such as mega solar targeting electricity charging only. For PV for home and business use to be decided after soliciting opinions. Government to solidify the general framework for the new system this summer.

In Depth Investigation

In Depth InvestigationActual status of PV subsidies according to prefecture

41 prefectures contribute funds, with the budget for 2010 totaling ¥13billion. Multiple assistance for PV and energy saving equipment predominates.

Solvisto quickly surveyed the 47prefectures to discover the actual status of PV penetration measures for 2010. The budget for the home and industrial sectors comes to ¥12.79billion, an increase of more than ¥300million over 2009.

Interview
Interview

"Policy to bring PV into 40,000households has taken off, also ¥600,000 in subsidies to companies."
Naoki Inose, Tokyo Vice-Mayor

Report

9companies in the North, 27types of modules in global competition to generate power

NEDO and NTT FACILITIES objectively evaluate amount generated, and characteristics, as well durability

The PV Business of the Power Companies

The PV Business of the Power CompaniesHow to associate with the PV activities of the power companies

Mega solar and the smart grid moving toward stability, verifying with storage batteries

Using fossil fuel, Japanese power companies have brought about stable electric power supply unequaled anywhere worldwide now. However they now have to raise the ratio of non fossil fuel energy. As it expands in use, the effect of on the systematic power grid. PV can no longer be ignored What are power companies at the crossroads aiming at and how will they come to terms with PV?

People Speaking out on PV Strategy

"In 2030 the PV industry will be on the order of ¥200trillion." Yukinori Kuwano, president PVTEC
"We are aiming at a society where 100million people can live together."
Sun Based Economy Association, Yasuyo Yamazaki, President

News Around the world

  • TOYOBO aiming at annual sales of 6,000tons of back sheets in 3years
  • NEO SOLAR POWER heading toward 800MW of cell production
  • KOMATSU NTC, sales down by 30%
  • MOSER BAER PV to enter the Japanese and Australian markets
  • LINTECH develops highly damp resistant back sheet
  • SOLON in the red in 2009
  • PREDE opens Sapporo office
  • BB begins mass sales of inverters to Japan
  • MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC reaches 19.3% with multicrystalline silicon cells, world’s highest ratio with 15cm angle
  • SOPRAY SOLAR expands market in Japan、to construct a module center in Japan
  • EKO INSTRUMENTS expands monthly production of actinometers to 200units
  • CHINA LIGHT SOLAR produced 50MW of cells and modules in 2009
  • TAIHAN TECHREN breaks accumulated SI sales of 10MW, this year to exceed 8MW
  • YINGLI GREEN ENERGY delivered 525.3MW of modules in 2009, to mass produce cells with 18.5% efficiency conversion
  • SOLAR WORLD to construct the first polycrystalline silicon plant in Algeria
  • SHARP completes construction of Green Front Sakai
  • SUNLINK PV to expand module production to 200MW, and to start single cell production
  • KINMACSOLAR module deliveries top 25MW in 2009

News Around the world

  • KYOCERA completes construction of new cell plant in Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, to increase production 2.5fold, to 1GW in 3years
  • WACKER CHEMIE sales exceed1 billion euros
  • DYESOL to mass produce dye sensitized modules within 5years
  • Q-CELLS, deeply in the red at \168billion, to begin module sales this year
  • SOLAR SILICON TECHNOLOGY to construct a plant to produce 200tons of polycrystalline silicon
  • PVTEC holds 17th Technology Exchange Seminar
  • CENTROTHERM sales up by 36%, established subsidiary in Shanghai
  • SUNTECH POWER JAPAN to supply Mega solar power plant in Taiwan with 4.7MW
  • MILLINET SOLAR to treble cell production capacity to 300MW
  • AURIA SOLAR to produce 120MW of thin film solar cells aiming at a 12% conversion efficiency
Special Interview
"CIS is a technology with still a long way to go", Satoru Kuriyagawa, executive officer, manager of the Atsugi Research Center of SOLAR FRONTIER
Special Interview
US Market
The Green New Deal with its production tax preferential treatment results in US PV market growth of 33.6% in 2009
New Technology
Thin film silicon module to exceed 13%, "multi-layer"
New Technology
Distribution flash
  • TOSHIBA to focus industrial use PV overseas, aiming at 10% of the market share for home use PV
  • HIROTOMO ENERGY anticipates 1.5fold increase in earnings for this term
  • CANADIAN SOLAR JAPAN to expand its business foundation
  • ZENKOKU TAIYOKOUHATUDEN SUISINKYOUGIKAI starts anew in April as an incorporated association
  • WESTHOLDINGS joins up with SPEED TECH of Taiwan for module sales
  • NITTEN targets sales next year in excess of 1.5MW
  • KOGIMA reaches 100contracts a month for PV system sales
  • JS GROUP CORPORATION establishes LIXIL ENERGY, enters the home use PV market
  • TAKASHIMA sold 35MW of PV systems, to teach 50MW this term
  • POWERCOM SOLAR establishes company in Japan, fully entering the PV home use business
  • NORITZ with 10MW annual production、to commence module and POWERCOM production next spring

Regional Focus on CHUBU: Automotive Kingdom Aichi Prefecture with 39MW on top nationwide even with solar cells. 2.6fold growth rate, Chubu Area market at 130MW
Distribution flash

  • GREEN TECH sales to expand to over \5.5billion this term, starts business with CANADIAN SOLAR and TOSHIBA
  • EXEDY established EXEDY DENSETSU, a construction and sales company, striving to expand in the area for industrial use
  • NEXT ENERGY AND RESOURCE starts selling high-quality sound PV audio
Discovery of a Pioneer
"Dye sensitized Gretzel cell will achieve conversion efficiency of 14% in 2011." Professor Michael Gretzel of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
　
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