The two companies have not yet determined the terms of the deal, aWest spokesperson tells Recharge.

The joint venture will initially provide remotemonitoring and control services for West Holding's PV projects in Japan, but mayeventually serve solar plants operated by other companies. West and US-based SunEdisonplan to set up monitoring centres in Tokyo and Hiroshima.

Based on SunEdison's initial estimates, the venture could chargeas much as ¥3m ($30,000) per year to provide services to a 2MW plant, but Westsays this figure is tentative and could change.

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