With tenders coming in for large-scale projects, and decade-old generous FIT programs being phased out, new opportunities and challenges are facing Japan’s PV players. Izumi Kaizuka from Tokyo-based analyst RTS Corporation sets out the major market trends for 2019.
Izumi Kaizuka is Manager of the Research Division at RTS Corporation in Tokyo, a PV consulting company with more than 35 years of history, and a member of The PV Market Alliance (PVMA). She has been leading various research projects for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), and other government organizations. She has been Japan’s representative of IEA PVPS Task 1 (Group for PV strategic analysis and communication) since 2003. She is one of the authors of the IEA PVPS Trends Report describing the PV market situation.
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