[Renewables] Current Status of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Generation in Japan

2012.02.10 Fri

Total Solar PV Capacity, by Country

Shipments of solar panels increasing rapidly, thanks to changes in 2009 such as the introduction of a Feed-in Tariff system (which sets prices paid for surplus power sold to the grid from solar PV and other sources) and a subsidy program reestablished for home PV systems.

Installed solar PV capacity and policies promoting PV installation, by country, are as follows:

2010 Installed Solar PV Capacity and Policies Affecting Solar PV Generation Systems, by Country

	Country	New Capacity 2010（ＭＷ）	Total Installed Capacity（ＭＷ）	Policies, etc.
1	Germany	7,411	17,370	Feed-in Tariff (total capacity)
2	Italy	2,321	3,502	Feed-in Tariff (total capacity)
3	Japan	991	3,618	Feed-in Tariff, Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Law (applies only to surplus power)
4	U.S.	918	2,534	State and Municipal RPS, Feed-in Tariff
5	France	719	1,054
	Spain	392	3,915	Feed-in Tariff, required installation on some buildings, etc.

References:

Renewables Japan Status Report 2011 (Japanese):
http://www.re-policy.jp/jrepp/JSR2011/
TRENDS IN PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS Survey report of selected IEA countries between 1992 and 2010

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* Updated figures and other data are shown in italics.

This information is provided with a grant from Artists Project Earth.

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