Japan’s 27th solar auction concludes with average final price of $0.029/kWh
Japan’s 27th solar auction concludes with average final price of $0.029/kWh
From:PV Magazine
Japan has allocated 79 MW of PV capacity in its latest procurement exercise. The lowest price in the auction was JPY 0/kWh.
Emiliano Bellini
Funaki Solar Farm, a 14 MW project in Ube, in Yamaguchi prefecture, sells its energy to Amazon under a long-term PPA.
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Japan's Green Investment Promotion Organization has released the final results of its latest auction for utility-scale solar energy projects.
The state-run agency said that 79 MW of PV projects were selected in the procurement exercise. It was Japan's 27th auction for utility-scale solar and was expected to assign 196MW of generating capacity.
The 11 selected projects range in size from 72 kW to 29.9 MW.
The lowest bid was JPY 0.0/kWh and was submitted for one project with a capacity of 400 kW. This facility had likely secured a private power purchase agreement for the sale of electricity and participated in the auction to secure grid connection.
The highest bid of JPY 6.49 ($0.041)/kWh was submitted for two projects. The average final price came in at JPY 4.61/kWh, with the ceiling price being JPY 8.68/kWh.
In the 26th auction, the Green Investment Promotion Organization assigned 75.3 MW across 37 projects. The lowest bid was JPY 4.97/kWh and the highest JPY 8.75/kWh.
In the 25th auction, the Japanese authorities allocated 223.3 MW at an average price of JPY 6.58/kWh. In the 24th auction, the average final price came in at JPY 4.06/kWh and the allocated capacity was 79 MW. In both these procurement exercises, the lowest bid was also JPY 0.00/kWh.
In the previous ten rounds, held between March 2025 and March 2022, the lowest prices ranged between JPY 5.06/kWh and JPY 8.85/kWh.
In 2021, the Japanese government allocated 675 MW of PV capacity across three different auctions. In previous auctions, it allocated 942 MW.