Sep 29 - International Herald Tribune
Japan plans to provide subsidies to households that buy solar power systems
to promote solar power and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Nikkei
business daily said Sunday.
The subsidy of about yen200,000, or $1,887, represents 10 percent of the
cost of a standard solar power system. In June, the government set a goal of
increasing solar power generation by 10 times from current levels by 2020
and 40 times by 2030. That would be equivalent to having roughly 80 percent
of newly built homes equipped with solar power systems, Nikkei reported.
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