PV inverter manufacturer KACO new energy said it has secured orders totalling 550MW in the third quarter of 2017 with cumulative sales so far in 2017 of around 1.95GW, marking orders almost 70% the prior year period.
Pacifico Energy has started construction on a 62MW PV project in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. The installation will be developed on mountain land, with operations slated to start in December 2019.
Major Asia-Pacific IPP Equis Energy has selected Bouygues Energies & Services, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, and Toho Electrical to build a 41MW solar project in Yaita, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
Investment company Aquila Capital announced Tuesday that that it has opened a new office in Tokyo as part of its continued expansion into the Japanese solar market.
Up to 100 solar PV firms in Japan could face bankruptcy this year, with more than double the number of firms going bust in the first half of this year than the same period in 2016.