— In the midst of the rapid growth in its solar photovoltaic (PV) market, Japan is looking into its local resources — forests — to provide racking for PV systems. Several firms in Japan are turning domestic cypress or cedar trees into PV racks, which are traditionally made of metal such as aluminum and steel.
Analysts from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have examined the potential impacts of distributed PV on electric utility profitability and rates.
The 5th Int'l Photovoltaic Power Generation System Expo--PV SYSTEM EXPO was opened as schedule on the morning of February 26th, 2014 in Tokyo Big Sight exhibition center. As a top-level international expo where the business elites in PV system industry gather