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.
More than 80GW of solar PV will be installed just in 2017, despite a slowdown in annual demand growth, according to the latest ‘Global Solar Demand Monitor Q2 2017’ from GTM Research.
