Solar Benefits In Australia Compared With Germany And Japan

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If we conduct a research on which country has grown the most in terms of renewable energy, particularly the solar energy, we’ll get to see two or three countries only which have worked really hard to ensure that they don’t rely on fossil fuels anymore in order to avoid the environment from getting harmed and to avoid increased prices of fuel and energy. So, they started to move towards renewable energy resources which are infinite in amount and have nothing to do with harmful rays. The countries playing a pivotal role in this regard for 2-3 decades are Germany and Japan, USA is one of those as well.

In terms of development, they have left every country behind and have started to export panels and their parts to others. Their success is based on a number of factors that they have taken care of in a good manner.

Japan’s Way to Grow using Renewable Energy Resources

One of the most important reasons why Japan is full of solar systems is that it started a buy-down program for residential solar installations. For that, the government didn’t offer subsidies only, it offered the households interest-free ...
... loans as well to ensure that every home has at least one system. This started back in the 90s, they kept on decreasing the subsidy with the increase in the number of installations and is currently down to 33% of the installation cost only. But still, Japan is considered to be the world leader with a PV capacity of nearly 500MW.

How did the German Solar Industry Grow?

In comparison to Japan, Germany’s multilateral approach helped the country grow. Apart from offering rebates and interest-free loans, people get feed-in tariffs also and it is mandatory for everyone to install the system at home. This has ultimately caused a reduction of 52M tonnes of Carbon Dioxide. Also, they lower the tariffs each year to encourage people to buy these systems. That’s one of the reasons why Germany is third on the list of countries having maximum PV capacity.

If we compare Australia with the two world giants mentioned above, we’ll get an idea of how the country took their ideas and started to implement them. But still, it has managed to convince two million homes only to install these systems. The feed-in tariffs are offered by the government along with subsidies. The return on investment is also good, but people need to be educated more in this regard so that they may get an idea of why fossil fuels are harmful and how their end will lead us to darkness. In that way only, we can make the country’s environment clean and emission-free without having to spend much.

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My name is Michel Marsin and i work full time as a freelance writer, editor former social worker. I am passionate about writing articles on different topics.