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Re:Tokyo makes solar panels mandatory for new homes built af... by Gigachad on Saturday December 17, 2022 @12:43AM (#34025144)
Not against the rules but as an interesting data point, somehow Australia has just about archived this with no mandates. I’d say about 80% of buildings, commercial and residential have solar installed.

There have been financial incentives from the government though.

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Re:Tokyo makes solar panels mandatory for new homes built af... by anakaine on Saturday December 17, 2022 @03:40PM (#34032008)
The financial incentives drove this, 100%.

As an Australian, with solar panels, and a not-too-terrible feed in tariff, I'm hoping we can cram more energy production in to less space from solar so that I can upgrade my system in the decade to come, hopefully to match the hybrid I'd like to buy that doesn't yet exist :)

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Re:Tokyo makes solar panels mandatory for new homes built af... by eternityforest on Sunday December 18, 2022 @10:42AM (#34038689)
Hopefully by then all the hybrids will have ultrathin panels on the roof and you might not even need as much fixed solar!
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