By Chisaki Watanabe - Oct 11, 2012
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Japan approved clean energy projects totaling 1,780 megawatts of capacity, with solar accounting for 83 percent, as of the end of September under a government incentive program.
Of that, solar projects totaled 1,480 megawatts, followed by 292 megawatts in wind projects, the ministry said yesterday on its web site. Since April, Japan has added 912 megawatts in capacity in clean energy with solar projects making up 885 megawatts of the total, the ministry said.
Japan introduced tariffs in July to promote investments in clean energy. The ministry is projecting Japan will add 2,500 megawatts of clean energy by the end of March following the introduction in July of so-called feed-in tariffs or subsidies, which require utilities to buy power from renewable energy providers at premium prices.
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