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A year for transition: Japan’s move beyond the big scale

For the past few years, Japan’s solar industry insiders have been eyeing 2019 as a year of transition in the residential rooftop market, as the original 10 year feed-in tariffs come to an end. So, what will this post-FIT landscape look like, and how are Japan’s leading PV suppliers preparing for the future? Hanwha Q Cells’ Japan Marketing Manager Junichi Katayama breaks down the main points.

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pv magazine

25 Feb 2019

Image: Hanwha Q Cells

Half a million: 500,000 homes in a nation of 127 million people. It may not sound like a lot, but those half a million households were bold pioneers back in 2009. As early adopters of rooftop solar power a decade ago, these households were lavished with a feed-in tariff (FIT) that feels preposterously generous in …

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