Japan's Solar Boom Losing Steam as Subsidies to Promote Clean Energy Wane

摘要

Japan's solar boom is beginning to falter. Until recently, the resource-poor nation has been one of the leading markets for photovoltaics, helping to prop up an industry hurt by falling prices for the technology and policy changes. But four years after the introduction of generous incentives to promote clean energy in the wake of the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear reactor meltdown, data show the boom is losing steam.