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Tokyo going Solarpunk in 2025
| The system will take effect in April 2025 after residents have been informed and preparations have been made with relevant businesses. The Tokyo metropolitan government estimates that the 980,000 yen (about 71100 Norwegian Krone) initial cost for installation of the 4-kilowatt panels can be covered within 10 years from electricity sales revenue and can be further reduced down to six years with subsidies it will provide.
| Link to the article: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/12/3c10f9876521-tokyo-to-require-new-homes-be-fitted-with-solar-panels-from-fy-2025.html
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| According to the Tokyo metropolitan government has said that it will introduce a system requiring newly built homes with a total floor area of less than 2,000 square meters to be fitted with solar panels. Home buyers will also be required to cooperate, and those privately contracting the construction of a residence 2,000 square meters or more will be obligated to fit it with solar panels.