Sales
reached
445.3MW
during
the
three-month
period
before
the
FIT
went
live,
a
72%
rise
over
the
same
period
last
year,
according
to
the
Japan
Photovoltaic
Energy
Association.
Expectations
for
the
Japanese
market
have
reached
fever
pitch,
with
many
global
manufacturers
quietly
ecstatic
at
the
prospect
of
a
new
FIT
in
an
affluent
country
to
offset
disappearing
subsidies
elsewhere.
For
now,
at
least,
growing
Japanese
demand
is
benefiting
both
home-grown
players
like
Panasonic
and
Toshiba,
and
foreign
manufacturers
such
as
Suntech,
with
imported
cells
accounting
for
about
39%
of
sales
during…
