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PV market in Japan

Japan: Several PV projects are in the pipeline in Japan but is the grid equipped to handle all the solar electricity generated? Izumi Kaizuka of RTS Corporation finds out.

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pv magazine

10 Jul 2013

Almost a year has passed since The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) started the feed-in-tariff (FIT) program in July 2012. According to METI, from the end of July 2012 to February 2013, 1,256 MW of PV systems were grid connected. Among them, 837 MW were of PV systems with < 10 kW capacity; …

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