Do rooftop-mounted solar panels require their own building permit in Japan?
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Terra Vista
“Rack-mounted panels classed as electrical equipment have been excluded from the Building Standards Act’s structure rules since October 2011, but the building underneath still needs a valid completion certificate for Japan’s FIT/FIP process.”
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