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W. Ping Lv
Strategic Consultant

CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT

The information contained in attached documents is confidential and proprietary to W. Ping Lv, and should not be disclosed to anyone not a recipient or reviewer of these proposals.
However, in the event of award, this information may be disclosed to and will be used in behalf of and according to the interests of
Mitsui & Co. Ltd.’s
W. Ping Lv
Strategic Consultant

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WHAT WE LEARNED FROM NATURAL DISASTERS
When natural disasters, such as 2011 Tohoku earthquake destroyed
Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast of USA. All these disasters caused power outages.

Tōhoku earthquake and tsumani on 11
March 2011. The tsunami caused nuclear accidents, primarily the level 7+ meltdowns at three reactors in the
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant complex, and the associated evacuation zones affecting hundreds of thousands of residents

November 8, 2012 : The combined total peak customer outages from Hurricane
Sandy and the Nor’easter is 8,603,670, which breaks down as 8,511,251 from
Hurricane Sandy and 92,419 from the Nor’easter Storm, respectively.

US Department of Energy

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PROJECT II


If we try the best to prepare for nature disasters, we will be in a better position.

Solar emergency Light
Solar charger by Solarworld (Germany)

Solar road lights and lawn lights

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A GLOBAL VIEW
The clean energy industry will shape the future of the world. When these disasters caused power outages, what we learned from natural disasters is that only the nature can power on our life. Solar energy is one of nature powers.
Figure 1: Cumulative installed solar PV capacity leaders at end of 2011 (globally)

Source: Zachary Shahan

Figure 2:

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AN ADVANTAGE OR A DISADVANTAGE

Figure 3: Projected global solar PV annual growth under different policy scenarios

Source: Zachary Shahan
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INNOVATIONS

Solar

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