Vol.50 No.4 (Serial No.282) 2024

  • Prefatory note :  Looking back on 50 years of solar cell research and development / Makoto KONAGAI
  • Inaugural speech: Shinji WAKAO, the 8th President of Japan Solar Energy Society
  • Resignation speech: Reflections on the resignation and the future of JSES / Atsushi AKISAWA
  • Featured article : Demonstration experiment to develop design and construction guidelines for the safety of photovoltaic systems
    • Purpose of this feature / Takashi OOZEKI
    • Wind Tunnel Tests and Computational Fluid Dynamics on Photovoltaic Systems / Koji TAKAMORI
    • Wind Resisting Performance of Solar Panel Mounting Structure with Partially Defective Pile Foundations and Application of Simple Measure / Sachi FURUKAWA
    • Pressure Loading Test for Photovoltaic Module( Short-term and Long-term Loading )/ Takehiro OKUJI, Koji TAKAMORI
    • Experiment for snow load on PV array / Takahiro CHIBA
    • Development of Guidelines for Frost Heave Countermeasures for Solar Power Generation Facilities / Dai NAKAMURA,Takanori KADOTA, Takayuki KAWAGUCHI
    • Demonstration Tests on Water-Mounted Photovoltaic Power Generation Systems / Kenji WATANABE, Tomotaka TAKEO
    • Insulation Resistance Observation of Floating PV System / Kazuaki IKEDA, Takumi TAKASHIMA, Takashi OOZEKI
  • Research paper
    • Analysis on lost energy in small solar power plants –Comparison of cumulative loss of energy ratios between curtailment and improper management / Yoh YASUDA, Toshiyuki OKUYAMA, Toshio DAIMON
    • Effect of an electric field on freezing initiation of supercooled water in a PVC pipe with
      oil and water repellent inner coating / Masanori FUJIMOTO, Hidemitsu FUJISAWA
  • Information of the 14th General meeting of JSES
    • 2023 Activities and Financial report/Activities and Budget Plan for 2024
  • Introduction of a Laboratory
    • Laboratory of Environmental System Research, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University
  • Monologue from Board Members: Vision of a decarbonized society using solar energy / Hyunwoo ROH
  • News from JSES Committee
    • Conference Calendar
    • Library
    • JSES Report
  • JSES Announcement