more than 300 articles from PV Activities in Japan by sector; government, utilities, PV manufacturers
3.Installed capacity of PV system
-Installed capacity of PV system in Japan
- Residential PV system
- PV system for public and industrial facilities
- PV system by new energy support programs
- PV system installed by utilities
4.PV market in Japan
- Production of PV cell/ module
- Domestic shipment of PV cell/ module
- Export and import of PV cell/ module
- Production value of PV cell/ module
- Trends of the price of PV system
- Trends of production capacity
- Statistics of silicon market
Metallurgical silicon, polysilicon, silicon ingot and wafer for PV industry
- Structure of PV industry in Japan
5.Overview and strategies of the PV manufacturers
- Sharp Corporation
- Kyocera Corporation
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Sanyo Electric
- Kaneka Corporation
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Matsushita Ecology Systems
- Hitachi
- Honda Motor
- Fuji Electric
- TDK
- Kyosemi
- Canon
- MSK
- Shell Solar Japan
- Fujipream
- Asahi Glass
- Kobe Steel
- Sekisui Jushi
- Kawasaki Heavy Industry
- Tokuyama Corporation
- JFE Steel
- M.Setek
- Space Energy
- Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon (SUMCO)
6.Public budgets and overview of initiatives for introduction of PV system
- Residential PV system Dissemination Program
- PV field test programs
Field Test Projects on Advanced PV Power
Generation Technology and former programs
- Project for Promoting the Local Introduction of New Energy
- Project for Supporting New Energy Operators
- PV system installation project by Defense
Facilities Administration Agency (DFAA)
7.Overview of the Code and Standards related to PV in Japan (New!)
8. Current topics of the PV activities in Japan
- Overview of FY 2004 Residential PV System
Dissemination Program
- Overview of FY 2004 Field Test Projects on New Photovoltaic Power Generation
Technology
- Overview of Kyoto Protocol Target Achievement Plan
- Overview of recent PV-related measures
- National PV-related budget request for FY 2006
APPENDIX:
PV installations in Japan
Photographs and description of PV systems
ABOUT the Authors
The report has been made by the leading Japanese PV consultancy firm RTS Corporation. Its director, Mr Osuama Ikki, is a well-respected speaker at international conferences. Major Japanese PV companies are among the customers of RTS Corp.
