Featured in 20 Array Changers – 06-2016

Fog of uncertainty lifts

Japan: Late last month a key piece of solar legislation passed the upper house of Japans Parliament, opening the potential for a disruptive period of uncertainty for project developers. Izumi Kaizuka, the Managing Director of RTS Corporation, provides her insight into the development and offers an overview of Japanese market trends.

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Jonathan Gifford

13 Jun 2016

What is the legislation that was recently signed into law? Izumi Kaizuka: The upper house of the Japanese Diet [has passed] the revision of the Renewable Energy Law [underpinning the FIT]. That revision included how tariffs will be set. Now that the law has passed, the Ministry for Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) can start …

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