Green Energy

116 MW Of Trina Solar Modules For Japan’s Largest Solar Plant

Article published on cleantechnica.com, on April 16th 2015

A 231 MW solar power plant will be built in Setouchi City, Japan, in an area that was previously used as a salt field. Trina Solar will supply 116 MW of solar modules for the huge Japanese project, which is expected to be up and running by 2019.

“We believe that demand for clean and sustainable energy in Japan will continue to increase and that solar energy will play a key role in the growing diversification of the country’s energy mix. Japan is a key market for us where we expect to further deepen our penetration,” saidZhiguo Zhu, COO.

Toyo Engineering will build the new solar plant, which is expected to cost about $1.1 billion, backed by Mizuho Bank, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.

Setouchi City is in Okayama Prefecture, which is located in southern Japan, and has a population of about 40,000 out of the entire prefecture’s 2 million residents. Fishing and agriculture are the top two industries in Setouchi, which is not surprising as it has a port that used to be very well known.

It has been written that something good did result from the Fukushima nuclear disaster: it woke up the Japanese public to the dangers presented by old nuclear reactors, “The atmosphere today,” says Setouchi, “is exactly like 1941, ’42.” Back then, the public and mass media bought the official line that Japan’s victory was assured. In our own time, the public and mass media bought the official line that the safety of nuclear power was assured.” The Setouchi quoted here is a Buddhist nun and author. She protested the nuclear industry along with thousands of Japanese citizens.

Fukushima sparked a greater interest and commitment to renewable energy in Japan, and then in Germany as well, as there are a number of old nuclear reactors with potentialproblems there too.

- Breaking
Fox reporting on TV and Breitbart on web: Explosion at Japan nuclear plant: live TV An explosion shook an earthquake-damaged Japanese nuclear power plant Monday sending plumes of smoke rising from the building, live television showed. MSNBC states: TOKYO...

- Kyocera Tcl Completes Work On Floating Mega-solar Plants
Article originally published in http://www.greentechlead.com/, on april 21st 2015Kyocera TCL Solar has completed construction of two floating mega-solar power plants in Kato city, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.The joint venture company formed by Kyocera...

- Asia Report: Toshiba Plans Japan's Largest Pv Project
Article published on www.renewableenergyworld.com, on june 25th 2012 New Hampshire, USA -- Toshiba announced plans this week to install 100-megawatts (MW) worth of PV plants in the devastated Fukushima region of Japan as the solar industry...

- Japan's Solar Market Poised For Return To Elite Status
Article published in www.renewableenergyworld.com, June 7th written by Cathy BooneLast year, the Japanese government announced the creation of a national feed-in tariff (FiT) for solar, joining Germany and China in creating robust public policy to drive...

- Japanese Solar Market Poised To Surge
Article published on the EQ website : www.eqmaglive.com Last year, the Japanese government announced the creation of a national feed-in tariff (FiT) for solar, joining Germany and China in creating robust public policy to drive deployment of renewable...

Green Energy