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Japan to bring back solar power subsidy for homes
2008.12.24

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to bring back subsidies for solar panel equipment from January, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on Wednesday, as the world's fifth-biggest emitter struggles to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.
（东京讯） -日本经济产业省周三说，作为世界第五大温室气体排放国家，政府将从09年1月起通过补贴和减税等刺激措施，推广使用家用太阳能发电设备。

METI said the government would offer 9 billion yen ($99.6 million) in the first quarter of 2009 and possibly more in the fiscal year starting next April to foster use of solar panel equipment in homes.
日本经济产业省说，在2009年第一季度甚至今后更多的年度财政计划中，政府将提供9960万美元以补贴推广家用太阳能发电设备。

To meet its long-term goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 60-80 percent from current levels by 2050, the government aims to have more than 70 percent of newly built houses equipped with solar panels by 2020.
为长期减少温室气体排放量，到2050年，温室气体排放量消减60%-70%，政府的目标是70%以上的新建住宅配备太阳能电池板。

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions hit a record high in the year that ended in March, putting it at risk of missing its Kyoto Protocol target over the next four years of cutting emissions to 6 percent below 1990 levels.
2008年3月，日本的温室气体排放量创下了历史新高，其京都议定书的目标却明确，未来4年内，日本的温室气体排放量应低于6%，至1990年水平之下,而日本目前的温室气体排放量却无法达到京都议定书的目标。

METI said the government would offer a subsidy of 70,000 yen per kilowatt of equipment to be installed next year, and forecast that about 35,000 applications would be filed between January 13 and March 31.
日本经济产业省说，政府将明年将提供70000日元每千瓦时的设备安装补贴，在1月13日和3月31日之间，预计有35000户提交申请。

Government budget proposals for the fiscal year starting in April also include 20 billion yen worth of solar subsidies that could be offered from April 1, METI officials said. Analysts say Tokyo's 2006 decision to scrap solar subsidies helped Germany's Q-Cells AG overtake Japan's Sharp Corp as the No.1 supplier of solar cells, while China's Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd has nudged out Kyocera Corp for third place in the market.
日本经济产业省官员说，从今年4月1日开始，日本政府预的财政年度预算中即包括了200亿日元的补贴推广太阳能发电设备的补贴费用。有分析人士说，日本2006年由于决定取消太阳能补贴，致德国的Q -Cells AG公司超过夏普公司成为太阳能电池的第一供应商，而中国的无锡尚德太阳能公司也已赶超京瓷公司，排至第三位。
(本文源自REUTERS【路透社】)