Feed-in tariff program and its impact on PV market in Japan

Author

Yamaya, Haruki ; Ohigashi, Takashi ; Matsukawa, Hiroshi ; Kaizuka, Izumi ; Ikki, Osamu

Author_Institution

RTS Corp., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

8-13 June 2014

Abstract

2013 was the second year since the start of the FIT program started in July 2012 and the 2013 Japanese PV market achieved significant growth from 1,7 GW level in the previous year to 6 GW level. The Japanese PV market formerly led by residential PV applications shifted to the balanced market structure with the growth of non-residential sectors consisting of PV applications for public, commercial and industrial facilities and utility-scale applications by the FIT program that is supposed to bring promising prospect for the stable growth. This paper discusses the effects of the FIT program on the market segment, cost structures and the industry.

Keywords

photovoltaic power systems; power generation economics; power markets; FIT program; Japanese PV market; balanced market structure; commercial facilities; cost structures; feed-in tariff program; industrial facilities; market segment; nonresidential sectors; power 1 GW; power 6 GW; power 7 GW; public facilities; residential PV applications; utility-scale applications; Materials; FIT program; PV market; commercial; large scale; outlook; residential;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2014 IEEE 40th

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2014.6925061

Filename

6925061