Wall Street Firm Eyes Renewables In Japan

Goldman Sachs announced today that it plans to invest as much as $490 million (50 billion yen) in renewable energy projects in Japan over the next five years.  That's a lot!  Bloomberg reports that "the Wall Street firm also plans to take as much as 250 billion yen of bank loans and project-financing over the same period to move ahead with projects that would cost a total of 300 billion yen."

Japan implemented a feed-in tariff system in July last year.  According to the Japan Times, the program will catapult Japan into the position of being the largest solar market in the world after China this year.  The forecast reflects Japan's push to find other sources of power after the 2011 Tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster.