In an effort to encourage the installation of solar panels on the roofs of companies' factories and warehouses, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has decided to implement a system to purchase the electricity generated by the panels installed in these places at a high price in the year after next (FY2024). I decided to start from
In an attempt to expand the introduction of renewable energy toward the realization of a decarbonized society by 2050, the government has established a system in which electric power companies purchase electricity generated by solar and wind power at a fixed price.
A committee of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to discuss this purchase price was held on the 31st, and a system to purchase electricity generated by solar panels installed on the roofs of companies' factories and warehouses at a high price will be introduced in the year after next (FY2024). ) and decided to introduce it from
We will raise the purchase price by about 20% compared to installing solar panels on flat land or mountainous land to encourage companies to install them.
The target is solar panels with an output of 10 kilowatts or more, and the purchase price is expected to be 12 yen per kilowatt hour, which is about 2 yen higher than in flatlands and mountainous areas.
Installation of solar panels has progressed mainly in flatlands and mountainous areas, but recently there are fewer suitable areas.
For this reason, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry wants to encourage installation on the roofs of factories and warehouses that are not yet in use by setting a difference in purchase price, and will officially decide the purchase price in March this year. to