More than 50 per cent of Asia-Pacific countries have adopted or are considering feed-in tariffs for utility- and small-scale distributed solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and small hydropower. Japan introduced a feed-in tariff for renewable power in 2012 as part of its plan to quickly reduce its dependence on nuclear energy, a move that has been highly successful for small-scale solar energy. This unleashed investment in solar photovoltaic projects such that, in 2014, those projects received $34.3 billion or about 82 per cent of the country’s total investment volume (REN21,2016). As a result, the country represents a globally leading market for distributed solar photovoltaics.