Non-residential PV boom in Japan

Non-residential solar accounted for a whopping 93.3% of the new PV capacity Japan had approved by the end of fiscal 2012, at roughly 18.7GW, according to data released this week by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

A solar rooftop installation in northern Japan
A solar rooftop installation in northern Japan
Published 21 August 2013, 07:41Updated 26 September 2016, 13:53