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Solar power for households
by danesller0127 | June 24, 2008 at 01:04 pm | 222 views | 5 comments
Tokyo: The Japanese government will come up with measures to promote the household use of solar power systems by introducing subsidies and tax breaks from next year, the Nikkie financial daily reported yesterday. The paper said the steps, following an environment initative announced earlier by Prime Minister Yasou Fukuda, include halving the cost of buying solar power systems in Japan, home to major solar component makers.
These include Sharp Corp, Kyocera Corp and Sanyo Electric Co.
The government also aims to introduce new legislation next year to require oil and gas firms to use a certain amount of cleaner energy, such as bio-fuels, from 2010 when making petroleum products and providing gas, Nikkei reported.
The paper said details of subsidies and tax cuts would be decided by the end of August, the deadline for budget requests by government offices for the next fiscal year starting on April 1.
The measures are expected to help cut the cost of a solar power system, which now sells for about 2.3 million yen ($21,440) to 1.1 million yen in three to five years, it added.
(source: REUTERS/Arab News)
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June 24, 2008 at 01:04 pm by danesller0127, 222 views, 5 comments
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at 13:20 on June 24th, 2008
This is an excellent idea! I think this should be implemented everywhere.
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zichiat 14:13 on June 24th, 2008
I am a supporter of alternative energies but sometimes the cost is prohibitive.
A professor friend with his wife and two children, built a new house with solar panels on the roof. The cost after subsidies was about ¥8 million yen or $80,000.
His previous power charge was about ¥5,000 yen per month or $50.
¥8 million yen divided by ¥5,000 is about 133 years. So in 133 years, if the panels last that long., he would recover his investment.
You can't store the electricity but the deal in Japan is, what is generated but not used is fed to the power company who pay for it. My friend is in uni all day, his wife also works full time and the children are in school. So during the day the power generated is being sold.
He informs me that during the summer they pay no power charges, in the spring and autumn they pay a little and in winter they pay some more.
We worked it all out together and think if all goes well he will get his money back in about 50 years.
I am now 56 so there is no point to install solar panels unless I was wealthy enough and the cost is not important. If I was still 25 to 30, it would be a good idea.
My friend is an environmentalist and didn't do it to save money, he is also a very well paid professor so the cost wasn't a problem for him.
For the ordinary person these things do matter.
at 16:18 on July 5th, 2008
Thank you! amyjudd and zichi, for your personal perspective...
Well, i think the idea is perfect for the households, specially in Japan, one of richest country in the world, I know they can afford it. and even in Americas and Europe, or here in the Middle-East, like Saudi Arabia, they are living in higher-standard, so they households or the family can afford it.
Competition.will lower the price in the future, now LG Home Appliances and Electronics are introducing their own solar power, the SolarDOM to the households, and China, India or some countries in Asia, will do the same.
There's a lot of solar power activities will come later, so i think even the poor familes will have an opportunity to experience the solar power in the near future, and they can provide it anywhere or 'everywhere'. Thank you, and more power!!!
at 19:29 on July 4th, 2008
Thanks for the post. In future, please use the Highlight tool to quote from external sources. This story is re-posted from: http://news.surfwax.com/energy/files/Solar_Power.html
at 16:30 on July 5th, 2008
You're welcome!!! no problem sir! most of my source is from the "Daily" newspaper, i want also to learn on how to use and edit, using this highlight tool...thanks again!
I'm right!!! i read this news/articles of solar power, lots of solar activities will come later...in the near future...Maraming salamat po!!!