In 2022, the average generation cost of residential photovoltaics in Japan amounted to 18 Japanese yen per kilowatt hour. The cost stayed at around the same level in recent years.
Average generation costs of residential solar photovoltaics per kilowatt hour in Japan from 2020 to 2022
(in Japanese yen)
Generation costs refer to the expenditure of producing one kilowatt hour of electricity, assuming that the system will be used for 25 years. It includes the cost of equipment, maintenance, interest rate, and others.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.69 U.S. dollars or 0.64 euros as of July 2023.
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Renewable Energy Institute. (June 22, 2023). Average generation costs of residential solar photovoltaics per kilowatt hour in Japan from 2020 to 2022 (in Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398656/japan-average-generation-costs-of-residential-solar-pv/
Renewable Energy Institute. "Average generation costs of residential solar photovoltaics per kilowatt hour in Japan from 2020 to 2022 (in Japanese yen) ." Chart. June 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398656/japan-average-generation-costs-of-residential-solar-pv/
Renewable Energy Institute. (2023). Average generation costs of residential solar photovoltaics per kilowatt hour in Japan from 2020 to 2022 (in Japanese yen) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398656/japan-average-generation-costs-of-residential-solar-pv/
Renewable Energy Institute. "Average Generation Costs of Residential Solar Photovoltaics per Kilowatt Hour in Japan from 2020 to 2022 (in Japanese Yen) ." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398656/japan-average-generation-costs-of-residential-solar-pv/
Renewable Energy Institute, Average generation costs of residential solar photovoltaics per kilowatt hour in Japan from 2020 to 2022 (in Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398656/japan-average-generation-costs-of-residential-solar-pv/ (last visited October 02, 2024)
Average generation costs of residential solar photovoltaics per kilowatt hour in Japan from 2020 to 2022 (in Japanese yen) [Graph], Renewable Energy Institute, June 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398656/japan-average-generation-costs-of-residential-solar-pv/