Featured in The quality issue – 04-2018

Tokyo shift

PV Expo Japan show roundup: The Japanese solar market has been in a state of flux for a couple of years, but manages to consistently deliver strong installation figures, high standards, and a heartening amount of innovation. Will it be more of the same in 2018? pv magazine headed to the PV Expo show in Tokyo to find out.

By

Ian Clover

06 Apr 2018

This year’s PV Expo in Tokyo, Japan, served as a reminder of the nation’s innovative mindset and exacting standards in solar, storage, and home energy management solutions.

Japan remains a vital cog in the global solar machine, and is currently undergoing something of a gear shift. Although still one of the main catalysts for worldwide PV deployment, the Japanese solar industry is indicating that it wishes to change lanes, to sidle smoothly into a slower lane sustained by steady and stable growth …

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