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Fully-integrated solar project developer ReneSola announced Tuesday that it has provided 10.4MW of its high-efficiency polycrystalline PV modules to Saferay for a ground-mounted solar installation in Japan.

GE Energy Financial Services and energy developer Virginia Solar Group have commenced commercial operation on the jointly-owned 42MW Mimasaka Musashi solar project in Okayama, Japan.

Global investment in clean energy for Q3 2016 has plummeted 43% year-on-year, sinking to lows not seen since 2013, says Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s (BNEF) latest report.

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Thai firm Gunkul Engineering plans to acquire a 72MW solar PV project in Tochigi province, Japan, from Kabushiki Kaisha Duplex Group (Duplex).

meteocontrol, a subsidiary of Shunfeng International Clean Energy (SFCE), is supplying a monitoring system for an 18MW solar park by developed by Advantec in Japan.

Hong Kong-based PV firm Sky Solar intends to sell 152MW of solar projects in Japan to Solar Partnership Capital (SPC).

Japanese firm Mitsubishi Corporation has agreed to buy a “near majority” stake in Boston-based solar firm Nexamp.

Toshiba has won an EPC contract to build a 33.5MW solar PV project in Kimitsu, Chiba prefecture, Japan, from Thailand-based firm Gunkul Engineering.

IPP Sonnedix, operating via its Japanese operator, Nippon Solar Services (NSS) has closed financing and selected an EPC contractor for its 30MW Miyako-based 'mega solar' PV plant in Iwate Prefecture.