Japanese PV market demand than-expected growth.

Japanese PV market has changed profoundly since the July set FIT subsidies. As-than-expected growth of the PV market demand in Japan, the Japanese government proposed a 10% reduction in the FIT subsidies. And people's expectations, the Committee of Experts in Japan March 11 FIT subsidies from April 1, down 10%. Japan METI (Economic and Trade and Industry) will hold a hearing to discuss the proposal of the next two weeks. Japan METI (Economic and Trade and Industry) in Japan in the fiscal year announced the reduction of tariffs.

METI Ministry: Japan July 2012 12 Moonlight volts approval of the subsidy mechanism PV projects installed capacity of about 4GW. Japan 2012 PV module and cell shipments doubled to 2.47GW. With the increase in the amount of imported components, the Japanese domestic PV solar panel and battery in 2012 was 68.8%, which means that foreign shipments of over 30%.

Although residents photovoltaic applications are the mainstream of the Japanese market, the industrial, commercial, and PV power plant applications is increasing.Residential PV solar panels  system applications the shipments did from 2012 1.1GW to 1.6GW in 2011, an increase of about 50%. Residential market share dropped to 66.4% from 85.1%. The other hand, industrial and commercial applications has increased from 113MW to 432MW, has quadrupled. 

Utility-scale PV power plant applications has increased seven-fold, from 45.9MW increased to 324MW. The two parts of the market will become the PV market in residential PV market outside of Japan's second-largest and third-largest pillar. The the Japanese of 2012Q4 domestic buy solar panels battery and PV module shipments for the first time more than 1GW, up to 1.003GW. This is because of the low price of overseas manufacturers, increased demand for the Japanese market, more than the capacity of the domestic manufacturers.

Swiss Center for Electronics and Micro Technology (CSEM) Brazil has announced that they achieved a breakthrough on the "plastic" solar cell research, alternative to single-crystal silicon solar cell technology into the commercial development phase in organic polymers. Solar cells, of the so-called "plastic" is to occur the photoelectric effect of the organic polymer film, is printed in the carbon on the substrate and connected as the battery pack. Compared with traditional silicon solar cells, "plastic" solar cells with a light, cheap notable features, and less pollution in the production process.

According to the American Earth "website reported that, although the United States and Europe have developed a similar technology, but power generation is small, only applicable to mobile phones and other small appliances powered. The CSEM Brazilian technicians, said their new technology can create a larger area of ​​the "plastic" solar panels to meet the electricity demand of ordinary families.

If such solar panels installed in the building roof and other open space, the scale of power generation will be considerable. Because of commercial confidentiality, the company refused to disclose the technical details. The CSEM Brazilian said, "plastic" solar cells cost far less than traditional solar cells, and thus has been put to commercial development phase, and hope that the introduction of the participation of private enterprise and investment.