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Major PV inverter manufacturer, SolarEdge Technologies has gained JET certification (Japan Electrical Safety and Environment Technology Laboratory) in Japan for its single phase residential and small commercial inverter range.

Feed-in tariffs (FiTs) in Japan for solar PV systems have now been provisionally set by the national Ministry of Energy Trade and Industry (METI) for the next financial year, which begins in April.

Large-scale PV developer taps Sumitomo for joint investment on big projects in a period of constraints.

PV Tech’s Carrie Xiao meets with inverter giant Sungrow to find out how the firm is ramping up its moves overseas, discussing international bases, R&D and targeting the right markets.

Industry members tell PV Tech of rising costs, a FIT reduction fall out, cutting power and utilities 'aggressively' entering the market.

Only small project winners line up contracts as Ministry hands out far less capacity than was on offer when the tender exercise was launched.

PV Tech’s Carrie Xiao talks to Chaojie Zhou, global product management director at Jinko Solar, about the company’s Tiger module, the considerations behind its development and the heights the Solar Module Super League member expects it to reach.

Ahead of next month’s PV Expo in Japan, PV Tech’s Carrie Xiao takes a look at some of the key drivers for a market expecting as much as 8GW of additional solar capacity this year as well as a surge in domestic energy storage.

Japan's largest PV show - PV EXPO, organised by Reed Exhibitions Japan, will be held from 26 February (Wed) - 28 (Fri), 2020 at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan under World Smart Energy Week – the world's largest-scale smart energy show.

Renova has put forward a majority stake and switched on a 80.8MW PV installation located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.