SB Energy Powers on Japan’s Largest Solar + Storage Power Plant
SoftBank Group subsidiary SB Energy Global Holdings (SB Energy) has turned on a 102.3 megawatt (MW) solar power plant in Yakumo City, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Minister Obuchi Quits, + Japan Feed-In Tariff & Energy Update (In Depth)
March 2011—when the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami devastated four reactors and endangered two others at Fukushima 1—forced a radical rethinking of Japan’s energy picture that continues today with a Japan feed-in tariff program. In the latest round, the utilities are pushing back against the feed-in tariffs and the fruitful development … [continued]
Energy Storage, Efficiency, & Climate News (Energy Efficiency Program Tracker; Nest Awards; Refrigerators…)
More energy storage, energy efficiency, and climate news for your reading pleasure: Energy Storage News Hokkaido To Utilize 60 MWh Vanadium Flow Battery For Grid Storage Outback Power Releases Cost-Effective Energy Storage Solution Energy Efficiency News One Design Award After Another For Nest Save The Environment & More! Lessons In … [continued]
Kyocera to Supply 30 MW of Modules for Solar Power Plant in Northern Japan
Kyocera Solar Corporation, a supplier of solar panels, will provide 30 MW of the solar panels required for a solar power plant under construction in Hokkaido, Japan. There will be 135,000 solar panels at the plant, which will be constructed by Yonden Engineering Co., Inc. This plant is expected … [continued]
