− The leading manufacturer of solar modules in Japan will unveil a suite of new products and services designed for the evolving Japanese residential and C&I markets − Among them will be new solar energy solutions that will help homeowners increase their self-consumption of PV − Q CELLS Japan will also showcase its new Q.HOME ZERO energy service as part of its in-booth presentation program − Junichi Katayama, Marketing Head at Q CELLS Japan, said: “This is the first year that Q CELLS Japan has exhibited in the Smart Grid Expo rather than the PV Expo, because we believe that as a company it is important to transition towards becoming a full service provider of energy in order to better reflect the changing demands of the Japanese market.”
[Tokyo, Japan, February 25, 2019] Hanwha Q CELLS Japan (“Q CELLS Japan” or “the Company”), the Japanese affiliate of one of the largest solar cell and module manufacturers in the world, Hanwha Q CELLS Co. Ltd., will unveil a suite of new solar energy solutions designed to meet the evolving needs of the Japanese residential and commercial and industrial (C&I) markets at the Smart Grid Expo held at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Japan, between February 27 and March 1.
The ethos of Q CELLS Japan’s updated range of products is driven by the maturation of the residential solar sector, which has begun its transition towards a post-FIT (Feed-in Tariff) landscape where consuming, rather than selling solar energy will play a larger role.
A changing energy sector needs new energy solutions
FIT payments used to be the main driving force for Japan’s small-scale solar energy sector. However, Japan’s solar market has undergone significant changes in recent months as the government has ended the sequential increase of the FIT. Allied with increasing homeowner desire to ‘disaster-proof’ their power supply, solutions designed to meet the demands of the Japanese electricity sector have begun to emerge.
Japan’s government remains determined to make renewable energy a major energy source, and the market itself is now moving towards independence from FIT with increasing growth in self-consumption and even the selling of subsidy-free electricity at large scale. At the forthcoming Smart Grid and PV Expo in Tokyo, Q CELLS Japan will showcase its unique energy solutions that have been designed to help homeowners join this post-FIT solar energy landscape.
Visitors to the Q CELLS Japan booth (Venue 29 – 52, East Hall 4) at the Smart Grid Expo can learn more about the range of new products and services on display thanks to a full program of in-booth presentations that will be held over the course of the three-day expo. This includes a presentation on PV and storage market insights from Germany, which has long pioneered new trends and technologies in green energy.
