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PV Japan: Despite the strong support for renewable energy following the tragedy in Fukushima, Japan is not abandoning nuclear power. But industry experts that visited PV Japan in December 2011 expect a Japanese solar boom in 2012.

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Eckhart Gouras

31 Jan 2012

Under sunny skies promising a bright future for solar power in Japan, PV Japan opened its doors to a mainly domestic audience on December 5, 2011. After the March earthquake, tsunami and triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant battered Japan this spring and summer, many observers expected renewable energy and solar power to take …

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