TOKYO: Japan added 18,757 megawatts of clean-energy capacity since July 2012, when the country started an incentive program, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in a document posted on its website Wednesday.
During the period, Japan added 18,108 megawatts of solar capacity. The figures are through the end of March.
The ministry approved a total of 87,680 megawatts of clean-energy projects in the period with solar accounting for 94 percent of that, the data show. The ministry approved 2,290 megawatts of wind power and 2,030 megawatts of biomass projects.
