Copio esta noticia que aparece en el boletín diario "PEAK OIL NEWS" de ASPO-USA del 25/12/2008, relativa a las ayudas públicas que va a facilitar el Gobierno Japonés para la implantación de placas solares térmicas en los hogares japoneses.

20. JAPAN TO BRING BACK SOLAR POWER SUBSIDY FOR HOMES

Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:07am EST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to bring back subsidies for solar panel equipment from January, theMinistry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on Wednesday, as the world's fifth-biggest emitter strugglesto cut its greenhouse gas emissions.

METI said the government would offer 9 billion yen ($99.6 million) in the first quarter of 2009 and possiblymore in the fiscal year starting next April to foster use of solar panel equipment in homes.

To meet its long-term goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 60-80 percent from current levels by2050, the government aims to have more than 70 percent of newly built houses equipped with solarpanels by 2020.

The government has seen domestic solar demand dry up after it pulled the plug on subsidies in March2006, hurting solar panel makers' ability to invest in research and expansion abroad.

Japan's greenhouse gas emissions hit a record high in the year that ended in March, putting it at risk ofmissing its Kyoto Protocol target over the next four years of cutting emissions to 6 percent below 1990 levels.

METI said the government would offer a subsidy of 70,000 yen per kilowatt of equipment to be installednext year, and forecast that about 35,000 applications would be filed between January 13 and March 31.Government budget proposals for the fiscal year starting in April also include 20 billion yen worth of solarsubsidies that could be offered from April 1, METI officials said. Analysts say Tokyo's 2006 decision toscrap solar subsidies helped Germany's Q-Cells AG overtake Japan's Sharp Corp as the No.1 supplier ofsolar cells, while China's Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd has nudged out Kyocera Corp for third place inthe market.

Subrayo que el objetivo del actual gobierno japonés es reducir las emisiones de efecto invernadero en un 60/80% sobre los niveles actuales.

Ofrecerán subvenciones de 70.000 yenes por kw instalado, y estiman que se materializarán 35.000 instalaciones en el primer trimestre del 2009.

Espero que Zapatero y demás "gobernantes" europeos tomen nota.

Así hay que invertir los fondos públicos para combatir la recesión. No dándoselos a los bancos y las industrias del automóvil, que son como las máquinas tragaperras: engullen todas las monedas que les echas para que algún privilegiado, entre ellos el dueño del bar y el que ha montado la máquina, se las traguen.

¿Por qué llamarán tragaperras sólo a esas máquinas y no a los banqueros y a las corporaciones del automóvil?

AMADEUS