Workers at the floating power station, one of the world’s biggest, have just finished laying about 50,000 interconnected panels on a vast dam reservoir. The accident forced the shutdown of reactors that had supplied about one-quarter of resource-poor Japan’s energy. Some say Japan’s solar potential sits squarely on the roofs of millions of homes. “There is still a big potential for the Japanese market,” said Atsuhiko Hirano, head of Solar Frontier, a unit of Japanese oil giant Showa Shell. So there is still much more area where we can grow... We are pushing the government to go further.”Solar accounts for a small fraction of Japan’s energy mix — 3.3 percent last year.

Source: Taipei Times December 03, 2016 16:03 UTC