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Japan adds nearly 4 GW of PV capacity
http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/japan-adds-nearly-4-gw-of-pv-capacity-_100013954/
Japan adds nearly 4 GW of PV capacity
16. January 2014 | By: Edgar Meza
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has reported the installation of 3,993 MW of PV capacity in the country between April 1 and October 31, 2013.
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As of Oct. 31, 2013, Japan's cumulative installed PV capacity had reached 11.226 GW.
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Japan became the first country in the world to surpass the 1 GW of cumulative PV capacity back in 2004.
METI launched a subsidy program for residential PV systems in 1994, according to data from NPD Solarbuzz. Initially, the subsidy covered 50% of the cost of PV systems. As a result, until 2005, Japan had the largest installed PV capacity of any country in the world.
Solar PV deployment in Japan slowed in the mid-2000s, due in part to the country’s ten-year energy plan that was approved in March 2002 and called for an expansion of nuclear generation by approximately 30% by 2011. The plan included the construction of between nine and 12 new nuclear power plants, equivalent to 17.5 GW of new nuclear generating capacity.
Following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, however, Japan began to shut down its nuclear reactors and promote the wider use of solar power.
Japan adds nearly 4 GW of PV capacity
16. January 2014 | By: Edgar Meza
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has reported the installation of 3,993 MW of PV capacity in the country between April 1 and October 31, 2013.
<snip>
As of Oct. 31, 2013, Japan's cumulative installed PV capacity had reached 11.226 GW.
<snip>
Japan became the first country in the world to surpass the 1 GW of cumulative PV capacity back in 2004.
METI launched a subsidy program for residential PV systems in 1994, according to data from NPD Solarbuzz. Initially, the subsidy covered 50% of the cost of PV systems. As a result, until 2005, Japan had the largest installed PV capacity of any country in the world.
Solar PV deployment in Japan slowed in the mid-2000s, due in part to the country’s ten-year energy plan that was approved in March 2002 and called for an expansion of nuclear generation by approximately 30% by 2011. The plan included the construction of between nine and 12 new nuclear power plants, equivalent to 17.5 GW of new nuclear generating capacity.
Following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, however, Japan began to shut down its nuclear reactors and promote the wider use of solar power.