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Utility scale slipping

Japan Outlook: Feed in tariff cuts and a new reverse auction system are just 2 of the biggest from a whole heap of policy changes set to shake up Japanese solar over the coming year. As the country’s biggest solar trade show, PV Expo Japan, approaches once again, pv magazine takes a look at what’s in store for solar in the land of the rising sun.

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Brian Publicover

21 Feb 2017

The reduction of Japan’s feed-in tariff (FIT) for solar from the start of the next fiscal year in April, as well as the introduction of a reverse auction system for utility-scale projects — are among the most anticipated changes in store for the country’s PV market in 2017. Planned tariff cuts and a new bidding …

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