In the fiscal year 2022, the electric power production from solar power by electric utilities in Japan amounted to 21.7 terawatt-hours. Figures increased significantly since fiscal 2016 and peaked in the most recent year. Solar energy represented the largest renewable energy source in Japan, followed by hydropower.
Electric power generation from solar power by electric utilities in Japan from fiscal year 2013 to 2022
(in terawatt-hours)
fiscal years 2013 to 2022; the fiscal year in Japan starts on April 1st and ends on March 31st of the following year
Supplementary notes
Due to the launch of the licensing system in fiscal 2016, certain operators’ electric power generation that had been counted as for self-consumption has instead been counted as for electricity utilities since fiscal 2016.
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