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Japan eyes next-gen solar power equivalent to 20 nuclear reactors
The Japanese government is planning to generate some 20 gigawatts of electricity, equivalent to the output of 20 nuclear reactors, through thin and bendable perovskite solar cells in fiscal 2040.
The Japanese government is planning to generate some 20 gigawatts of electricity, equivalent to the output of 20 nuclear reactors, through thin and bendable perovskite solar cells in fiscal 2040. Solar panels have quickly spread throughout Japan after the 2011 nuclear disaster triggered by a devastating earthquake and tsunami, accounting for nearly 10 percent of the country's power generation in the fiscal year through April 2024. The Japanese government seeks to export perovskite solar cells in the future after fostering the technology as a major domestic renewable energy.
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