Bangkok-based renewables company Thai Solar Energy PCL has signed a cooperation agreement with China’s Huawei for the 150-MW Onikoube solar project in Japan.

The signing of the deal took place in Bangkok on March and marks the start of a cooperation between the two companies on utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) plants in the Asia-Pacific region. The two parties also worked together on a pilot project in July 2014.

Huawei has agreed to supply its 1500V Smart PV Solution with Smart I-V Curve Diagnosis for the Onikoube project, which will be realised at a site in Miyagi Prefecture. Huawei`s offering uses an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to improve operation and maintenance efficiency and reduce the operating cost of the plant