Honda Sells Electricity to Family Restaurants

The car manufacturer Honda cooperates with Tonden, a company of franchise-style family restaurants, over electricity generated in Honda's factory in Yorii town of Saitama prefecture.

Tonden buys all the electricity generated by the factory's 2.6MW solar via a PPS (Power Producer and Supplier) company. Also, it will install at dozens of its restaurants electric chargers for Honda's EV.

Honda is also planning to start selling FCV (fuel cell vehicles) in March 2016.

http://newswitch.jp/p/1006

Eurus Energy Started Operation of 33.5MW Solar on Awaji Island

http://www.photon.info/photon_news_detail_en.photon?id=93883
http://eurus-energy.com/en/press/index.php?id=166
http://eurus-energy.com/en/press/index.php?id=145

1.7MW Solar Roof over Carport in Chosei, Chiba

Kokko Shisetsu Kogyo in Tokyo, together with its affiliate company Kokko Energy Service, has recently started generating electricity by 1.7MW solar.

The PV panels were installed as the roof over carport of an electronics company in Chosei village of Chiba prefecture.

The annual generation is estimated to be 1.7 million kWh, or 470 household's consumption per year, all of which Kokko will sell to power companies.

According to Kokko, the station is the first case of over-1MW solar over carport in Japan.
The solar roof helps to prevent cars from overheat in summer time, thus second effects from this are also expected.

Kokko is planning to construct similar solar roofs: 10MW in total by the end of the fiscal year 2015.

http://www.itmedia.co.jp/smartjapan/articles/1506/17/news046.html

IoT Polo Shirt for Tennis and Golf Players

The necktie brand FORTUNA Tokyo developed "IoT polo shirt," which measures pulse rate and fatigue level of those who wear it.
Sensors are attached inside the sleeve part and they transmit data to smartphone application.
The company assumes that tennis and golf players would buy the shirt.

http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2015/06/17/216/

JOGMEC Uses In-Air Electromagnetic Method to Find Geothermal in Tohoku

JOGMEC, or Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, will investigate 1,050 square kilometers of two areas in Tohoku up from the sky to find potential sites for geothermal power plant.

A measurement equipment "Electromagnetic Loop" suspended by helicopter enables to investigate electric composition under the ground, that helps to find hot water and steam 500 meters at maximum down in earth.

http://www.itmedia.co.jp/smartjapan/articles/1506/12/news040.html

Low-price Android Tablets Causing Dispute in Takeo, Saga

Takeo city of Saga prefecture provided 3,153 Android tablets for every pupil in elementary and junior-high schools in April 2014. That was part of the city's cutting-edge policy "Education by Utilizing ICT."

The tablet is a product of Keian, seemingly Chinese-origin company in Tokyo. And it was inexpensive: 7 inch Android 4.2 machine for just 15 thousand JPY each.

However, 287 troubles were reported during the first year: no less than 23 tablets were initial failure.
Teachers are criticizing that the city should have continued using iPad, which was successful during feasibility studies conducted at a couple of schools in precedent years.

News outlets have reported the final process of selecting Keian tablet to have been suspicious.
The city refutes that the whole process of its equipment selection was just and that the trial education has shown possibilities and is becoming fruitful.

http://dot.asahi.com/wa/2015061000079.html
http://hunter-investigate.jp/news/2015/05/-pc-pc-pcipad-osiosos-appleiosipad-amazonnkindle.html
http://japan.cnet.com/news/society/35065681/

Panasonic to Acquire Blood Glucose Measurement Division from Bayer

Panasonic Healthcare Holdings in Tokyo announced on 10th that it would buy out the Blood Glucose Measurement Division of Bayer, which is of the third share in the world, for 1.2 billion Euro (about 142 Billion JPY). The company intends to enforce its sales in developing countries.

http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASH6B4VXMH6BPLFA006.html

Kyudenko planning 21MW Solar in Ouchi, Saga

Kyudenko is talking with local offices of Ouchi town in Saga prefecture about building a 21MW solar. If completed, the station will be the biggest solar plant in the prefecture, surpassing 12MW of the existing Yoshinogari Megasolar.

Last September, Kyushu Electric Power once withhold making a contract with Kyudenko on buying electricity from the blueprint station, because FiT price had gradually declined from 42 JPY in 2012. The tariff will be 27 from July this year.

The person in charge of Kyudenko told the company would do its best to realize the solar plant despite economically adverse wind.

http://www.saga-s.co.jp/news/saga/10101/197096

Daiwa House to Construct 4MW Solar in Nanao, Ishikawa

Daiwa House Industry, together with its affiliated company Daiwa Energy, is going to build two solar stations of 4MW output in total on an old stone pit in Nanao City of Ishikawa prefecture.

The annual generation will be 430kWh which equals to the consumption of 909 households. All the electricity will be sold to Hokuriku Electric Power and Daiwa expects a revenue of 150 million JPY per year.

http://www.itmedia.co.jp/smartjapan/articles/1506/10/news035.html