Solar cell and module shipments increased by 80% in Japan in July, August, and September. The cause was government-initiated incentive programs, most notably an aggressive feed-in tariff. These new payment rates to support clean energy are anticipated to shoot Japan into a world leader position in solar energy. 42 … [continued]
As previously reported on CleanTechnica, Japan is experimenting with floating renewable energy. It is now expanding on that with ten floating solar installations totaling 20 MW of power capacity. These will be built by home renovator West Holdings. It will get the technology from South Korea’s LS Industrial Systems. Though this type … [continued]
Japan is now building its largest solar power plant to date in the Oita Prefecture. It will be finished in about 18 months. Approximately 350,000 solar panels will be used, covering a 105 hectare area. Marubeni Corp. is constructing the new facility and it will sell the power to Kyushu … [continued]
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry has approved 725 megawatts of new renewable power installations in just two months, a pace that sets it on track to exceed end of March 2013’s projected total by the end of 2012. More than 80% of the total approved through the end August are large-scale, non-residential solar PV systems. […]
According to a government report mentioned in a New York Times article, Japan has 20 GW of geothermal energy potential. Currently, the country has 17 geothermal plants in operation producing about 535 MW. About 80% of the potential geothermal sites are located in national parks or monuments. Right now, … [continued]
CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets has estimated Japan could have 7.6 GW of wind power by 2016. For solar, that estimate is 17.3 GW by 2014. Combine those two and you have 24.9 GW by 2016. The total offshore wind potential is at least 1,600 GW. Onshore is 280 GW. Japan … [continued]
Toshiba Corporation, Hitachi Zosen Corporation, JFE Steel Corporation, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd, Toa Corp, and Toyo Construction Co Ltd. are expected to invest 120 billion yen, or $1.53 billion, setting up offshore wind turbines in the near future. This is part of a massive 300-MW wind farm. The cost mentioned … [continued]
Japanese electronics giants, solar PV players, and power utilities have been working up project plans in advance of a national solar and renewable energy Feed-in Tariff, which industry observers say may catapult Japan past Italy and Germany as the world’s largest solar energy market. […]
Some top wind energy news from the past week or so (other than the wind energy stories we’ve already covered): Japan has installed a small, floating wind turbine off a Goto island with the eye to bringing the technology to commercialization. The demonstration project, organised by the Ministry of Environment (MOE), … [continued]
Residential solar PV sales in Japan topped the 1-gW mark in 2011. More broadly, renewable energy momentum is building as Japan prepares to implement a national feed-in tariff July 1.
