Solar Making Big Gains in the Land of the Rising Sun

The Land of the Rising Sun is living up to its nickname. According to a new report from the SolarSuperState Association, Japan added 76 annual watts per-capita of solar PV capacity in 2014, placing second just below Qatar and dwarfing gains made by the U.S., Germany and the UK.

In doing so, Japan leapfrogged from 15^th to 10^th place in the SolarSuperState yearly rankings for countries with the highest amount of cumulative per-capita solar PV capacity. That number now stands at 183 total watts per-capita for Japan. Liechtenstein ranks at the top with 481 watts per-capita, followed closely by Germany with 473. Ranked third, Italy now stands at 303 watts per-capita. The U.S. is 13^th, with a mere 62.