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Japan’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy has fixed Dec. 11 as the cutoff for new and amended FIT and FIP certification applications covering solar of 10 kW and above, wind, hydro, and geothermal projects that seek approval in fiscal 2026, a period running through March 31, 2027, according to pv magazine. The agency’s schedule follows a fiscal 2025 review by the Procurement Price Calculation Committee that will remove ground-mounted solar of 10 kW and above from FIT and FIP support starting in fiscal 2027, leaving the current year as the last chance for new certification in that segment.
Applications must include grid-connection agreement documents, and projects lacking a connection agreement by the deadline cannot be certified during the fiscal year. The agency noted that utilities typically need eight to nine months to respond to connection studies and contract applications for high-voltage and extra-high-voltage connections.
Projects subject to environmental impact assessment may apply before the scoping procedure has begun, provided they first consult their regional economy bureau and submit supporting proof by Jan. 29, 2027. Any change to operator name, equipment category, output, or site after filing requires withdrawal and reapplication under the same deadline.
Applications converting existing FIT projects to FIP fall outside the deadline, and projects in FIP auctions, which cover solar of 250 kW and above, follow the auction calendar instead. The cutoff for solar below 10 kW is Jan. 5, 2027, while biomass applications are due Nov. 27.
The Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association published the notice on Nov. 9 and said it anticipates more applications than usual because this is the category’s final year. Japan indicated in December 2025 that it might end FIT and FIP support for large ground-mounted solar, and the agency has since proposed four categories of non-rooftop solar that would retain priority support, including installations on government-owned land and solar carports, with rules set to take effect April 1, 2027.
Larger ground-mounted projects compete for FIP support through auctions. Japan’s 29th solar auction, the second round of fiscal 2026, allocated 38.2 MW against an auction volume of 115 MW and a ceiling price of JPY 9.60 per kWh. The preceding round allocated 89.2 MW at an average final price of JPY 6.74 per kWh.
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