New
solar
installations
have
surged
since
Japan
introduced
a
new
feed-in-tariff
programme
last
July.
“Industrial,
commercial
and
residential
projects
–
all
segments
are
booming,”
says
Masaaki
Kameda,
a
JPEA
spokesperson.
The
JPEA
collected
data on
cell
and
module
shipment
volumes
from
37
firms
during
the
three
months
to
December
2012,
including Trina,
Kyocera
and
Fuji
Electric.
Total
shipments
hit
1.1GW,
including
340MW
of
imported
products.
Shipments
in
the
same
period
of
2011
were
406MW.
Japan’s
current
FIT
for
solar
is
42
yen
($0.52)
per
kWh
for
20
years.
However,
the
government
is
expected
to
announce
lower
tariffs
for
the
new
fiscal
year…
