In the early 2020s, the world will enter the era of 1 TW of cumulative PV installed capacity and Japan will aim to realize the era of 100 GW cumulative PV installed capacity. The Heisei era, which paved the way for the expansion of PV introduction through development of the schemes, has shifted to the Reiwa era, ushering in the era of true development of PV power generation. In his speech, Osamu Ikki conveyed a message looking toward the future image of PV power generation, forecasting the future progress of PV as a mainstream power source.

Amid acceleration of the investment in natural energy around the world and the purchase price being in the lower 14-Yen/kWh range in Japan, both significantly triggered by the Paris Agreement, “self-consumption model” PV systems are attracting attention as the next business model. Koichi Sugibuchi explained the various trends towards establishment of the self-consumption models.

At the forum that provides perspectives of renewable energy and particularly PV power generation from various viewpoints such as users and power producers. Takashi Ohigashi explained the latest trends in the domestic and overseas PV markets using the keywords such as “self-consumption”, “RE100”, “decarbonized management”, “ESG” and the “Paris agreement.”

At the special forum that gathered information which contributes to prevent and control global warming and provides a clue which leads to the future measures through learning about the effects and threats of global warming, Takashi Ohigashi outlined the latest trends of the PV business in Japan, covering the status of PV dissemination (industrial and residential applications), a review of FIT purchase price for FY 2019, changes in the requirements of the tender process and businesses which have launched along with the termination of the FIT purchase period for residential PV systems towards realization of independent power source for industrial applications.

Izumi Kaizuka made a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the “13th Global PV Power Conference” held in conjunction with “SNEC PV POWER EXPO 2019”, the world's largest PV exhibition held in Shanghai, China. At the conference, representatives from various state agencies of China, key experts, scholars, researchers, entrepreneurs engaged in PV and renewable energy and senior executives of PV industry associations from Europe, Asia and the United States gathered to share the excellent insights related to the industry. As a deputy OA of the Task 1 of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Photovoltaic Power Systems Program (PVPS) (Strategic PV Analysis & Outreach), Kaizuka reported on the current status of the global PV market and industry.

In the webinar theme “Japan's FIT retroactive measures and considerations for operating in a competitive landscape”, the speaker outlined retroactive measures regarding the FIT scheme of Japan focusing on the PV business.

We support planning and organizing lectures for our clients in the PV-related departments at the sites of our clients. RTS consultants will make presentations on the themes that meet the needs of our clients such as policy trends of Japan including status of the review on the FIT scheme and the latest topics related to PV market and industry. Discussions and meetings on specific themes are also available.