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Karl-friedrich Lenz

Lenz: New Japanese Feed-In Tariff Update

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Karl-friedrich Lenz

Yesterday, the Japanese Ministry of Economy and Industry decided to follow the recommendations of the expert committee I reported on earlier. It’s now official. Small rooftop solar will get 38 yen (around 40.3 cents U.S or 31.5 cents Euro at today’s rates), and everything over 10 kW capacity will get 37.8 yen, including the 5% value added tax (36 yen without tax). . . Everything else will get the same rates as last year. There have been no changes from the recommendations of the expert committee. . .

Karl-Friedrich Lenz: Germany exporting electricity to France

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Karl-friedrich Lenz