Talk:Solar power in Japan

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Capacity
Solar power capacity in Japan rose to 483,960 kilowatts in 2009, 2.1 times more than the 2008 total, according to the Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association (JPEA). The new total -- based on shipments of solar energy systems -- marked a record jump in the nation's installed solar power base, with the previous highest increase coming in 2005. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.139.22.114 (talk) 02:18, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Installed solar capacity numbers misleading
The installed capacity numbers include off-line systems which may or may not actually produce power, only grid power should be applied as in other Wikipedia sections. These numbers should be given separately, as well as including solar thermal heating numbers as this is a power section, not electricity section. 60.43.54.2 (talk) 00:27, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

FIT
What is FIT in the introduction? Needs to be explained.--134.176.205.48 (talk) 13:54, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Outdated
jklamo keeps writing info that may have been valid back in 2012. Now it it 2022, did you notice? Japan WAS as leading manufacturer and pioneer. I do not see the point of distrubuting false information here unless you intentionally want to mislead people. Please update the graphic that ends 2012. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.117.227.89 (talk) 11:33, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

the phrase "Japan is a leading manufacturer of photovoltaics. Solar companies of Japan include: Kyocera, Mitsubishi Electric, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Sanyo, Sharp Solar, Solar Frontier, and Toshiba. " is outdated. Even Solar Frontier announced to stop production, as dis Mitsubishi Electric and Panasonic (former Sanyo).

The phrase should read "Japan was a leading manufacturer" or even "Japan was the leading manufacturer"

Japan produces 1% of PV panels worldwide 2019 https://www.statista.com/statistics/668749/regional-distribution-of-solar-pv-module-manufacturing/ Japan does not even appear in iea chart https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/solar-pv-module-shipments-by-country-of-origin-2012-2019 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.43.106.182 (talk) 07:14, 6 December 2021 (UTC)


 * If, only if, Japan was a/the leading manufacturer, it should say when. In the next section as well. Currently, no sources are mentioned. --Wickey (talk) 11:36, 7 December 2021 (UTC)