Future of Japan's Electrical Capacity Remains Uncertain

KOFU-SHI, JAPAN--November 29, 2011--Researched by Industrial Info Resources East Asia (Kofu-shi, Japan)--The Japan Energy and Environmental Council has released information regarding rates of production for several types of renewable energy technologies, including wind and solar power, as well as geothermal energy. Japan has been faced with a precarious electrical capacity since March of this year, when the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster sparked the country's ongoing nuclear crisis. By the end of the year, only six of Japan's 54 nuclear reactors, representing 12% of the country's nuclear capacity, will be running. By next March, Japan's entire nuclear fleet will be offline. Japan passed its first feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme in late August, which will allow a greater influx of renewable energy projects.