14 DAY TRIAL // A recent report made public by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry in Japan says that, as of last year's October 31, the country had an overall solar photovoltaic capacity of 11.226 gigawatts.
Interestingly enough, it would appear that a significant amount of this green energy capacity was installed over the course of just a few months.
Clean Technica tells us that, between April 1 and October 31, the country added nearly 4 gigawatts (3,993 megawatts, to be more precise) of solar photovoltaic capacity to its energy sector.
Of these 3,993 megawatts, 3,123 came from non-residential projects. The remaining 870 came from residential ones.
Specialists say that, all things considered, Japan took a keen interest in adding solar photovoltaic capacity to its energy sector due to the fact that, following the Fukushima disaster in March 2011, most of the country's residents became opposed to the idea of having the country powered by nuclear.
Consequently, high officials had to abandon their plans to expand the nuclear sector, and instead switched to supporting renewables such as solar.