- Prefatory note : Blessing and Calamity of the Sun / Jiro OHNO
- Featured article Ⅰ : Technology Trends in MLPE (Module Level Power Electronics) and SLPE (String Level Power Electronics) of Photovoltaic Power Generation Systems
- Purpose of this feature / Kazuhiko KATO
- Advantages and current topics of Module Level Power Electronics(MLPE)/ Michihiko INABA
- Realization of one supply and demand type model by the microinverter technology / Keiichi NAMBA
- MLPE, its advantages and market status - with a focusing on SolarEdge System / Ken NAGASAWA
- Optimizing PV system by using Ampt-string optimizer and its effect / Shigeki KONDO
- Tigo’s MLPE Improves Efficiency and Safety of PV systems / Hiroshi AMANO
- Featured article Ⅱ : Recent Advances of Thermal Storage Technologies
- Purpose of this feature / Atsushi AKISAWA
- Development Trend of Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage Technology / Satoshi HIRANO
- Utilization of un-used thermal energy by thermo-chemical energy storage / Junichi RYU
- Utilization of unused heat for agriculture by latent heat storage material / Tetsuji Jozuka
- Development of off-line heat transport technology using chemical heat storage / Yusuke HORII
- Solar District Heating and Seasonal Heat Storage in Denmark / Hironao MATSUBARA
- Research paper
- Power forecast of regional large-scale photovoltaics by SV method model with snow loss / Takahiro SASAKI and Yuzuru UEDA
- Electric Power Generation Characteristics of Three-Dimensional Fibonacci Number Photovoltaic Modules(FPMs)and Its Effective Cell Configuration / Yuki MOCHIZUKI and Toshiaki YACHI