The country’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) will split offshore from the onshore wind FIT at the start of the next fiscal year in April2014, according to The Nikkei.
Both onshore and offshore developments currently enjoy the same rate of ¥23.1yen per kWh ($0.232) over 20 years.
The government cut the FIT for solar generation in April following huge growth in PV installations, but encouraging wind development has proved more difficultand its rate was left unchanged.
