For fiscal year 2024, the FIT purchase price for hydroelectricity from plants with a generation capacity of less than 200 kilowatt was set at 34 Japanese yen per kilowatt hour. The FIT price was lowest for hydroelectricity of plants with a capacity of five thousand to 30 thousand kilowatt, at 16 yen. The price for five to 30 thousand kilowatt decreased in recent years, while the price for the other categories stayed the same.
The feed-in tariff (FIT) system is a national system under which the unit price of electricity is fixed by the country. It is designed to increase investments in renewable energy systems by providing price certainty and long term contracts to renewable energy producers.
FIT purchase price for hydroelectricity per kilowatt hour from fiscal year 2015 to 2024, by capacity
(in Japanese yen)
Characteristic
5,000 to 30,000 kW
1,000 to 5,000 kW
200 to 1,000 kW
less than 200 kW
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fisal years 2015 to 2024; the fiscal year in Japan starts on April 1 and ends on March 31 of the following year
Special properties
excluding tax
Supplementary notes
*In 2015 and 2016, the cost for hydroelectricity of 1,000 to 30,000 kW stood at 24 Japanese yen. **No figures were reported yet for the categories 5,000 to 30,000 kW and 1,000 to 5,000 kW.
The source does not state a specific day of publication. Therefore, the day of access has been used. Figures prior to 2021 come from previous reporting.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.72 U.S. dollars or 0.67 euros as of June 2023.
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ANRE (Japan). (June 30, 2023). FIT purchase price for hydroelectricity per kilowatt hour from fiscal year 2015 to 2024, by capacity (in Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1304225/japan-hydroelectricity-fit-price-per-kilowatt-hour-by-capacity/
ANRE (Japan). "FIT purchase price for hydroelectricity per kilowatt hour from fiscal year 2015 to 2024, by capacity (in Japanese yen)." Chart. June 30, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1304225/japan-hydroelectricity-fit-price-per-kilowatt-hour-by-capacity/
ANRE (Japan). (2023). FIT purchase price for hydroelectricity per kilowatt hour from fiscal year 2015 to 2024, by capacity (in Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1304225/japan-hydroelectricity-fit-price-per-kilowatt-hour-by-capacity/
ANRE (Japan). "Fit Purchase Price for Hydroelectricity per Kilowatt Hour from Fiscal Year 2015 to 2024, by Capacity (in Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1304225/japan-hydroelectricity-fit-price-per-kilowatt-hour-by-capacity/
ANRE (Japan), FIT purchase price for hydroelectricity per kilowatt hour from fiscal year 2015 to 2024, by capacity (in Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1304225/japan-hydroelectricity-fit-price-per-kilowatt-hour-by-capacity/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
FIT purchase price for hydroelectricity per kilowatt hour from fiscal year 2015 to 2024, by capacity (in Japanese yen) [Graph], ANRE (Japan), June 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1304225/japan-hydroelectricity-fit-price-per-kilowatt-hour-by-capacity/
