Japanese company ORIX Corporation has announced plans to construct the Maibara-Koto energy storage plant, with a rated output of 134MW and a capacity of 548 megawatt hours. The development will be one of the largest energy storage facilities in Japan. To be situated in the city of Maibara in Shiga prefecture, the Maibara-Koto plant …
Learn MoreJapan''s Organisation for Cross-regional Coordination of Transmission Operators (OCCTO) has published the results of the country''s first capacity auction, the …
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Learn MoreSodium-sulfur (NAS) battery storage manufacturer NGK Insulators has formed new partnerships in Japan aimed at both the distributed and utility-scale segments of the energy market. NGK is a specialist in industrial ceramics by history, serving markets including car manufacturing. Its NAS battery is designed for medium to long-duration …
Learn MoreTOKYO, June 5 (Reuters) - Sumitomo Corp (8053.T) aims to install 500 megawatts (MW) or more of battery storage in Japan by March 2031, from 9 MW now, to help mitigate renewable energy fluctuations ...
Learn MoreMarch 20, 2024. Marubeni''s BESS project site at Kitahiroshima, Japan. Image: Marubeni Corporation. Major Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation will build and own a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) on the country''s northern island of Hokkaido. The group, involved in energy storage, the renewable and conventional …
Learn MoreAugust 3, 2023. Schematic of the new JV business. Image: RENOVA Inc. Idemitsu Kosan, Japan''s biggest petroleum producer, has launched an energy storage business and announced its first lithium battery project. The company is in the joint venture (JV) Himeji Energy Storage Facility together with SMFL Mirau Partners, a subsidiary of Sumitomo ...
Learn MoreGlobal energy storage specialist, Eku Energy, has announced the Hirohara Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) located in Oaza Hirohara, Miyazaki …
Learn MoreThe long-duration energy storage (LDES) system will be installed at the site of a public sewage treatment plant in Kashiwazaki City in Niigata Prefecture. The city is located on the northern Japan sea coastal side of Honshu, about a …
Learn MoreIn Japan, the extension of subsidies to stand-alone battery storage facilities affirms the Japanese government''s commitment to transition to renewable …
Learn MoreBattery storage developer Eku Energy has partnered with utility Tokyo Gas on a grid-scale energy storage project in Japan, with construction expected to start soon. The developer, jointly owned by a fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management''s Green Investment Group (GIG) and institutional investor British Columbia Investment …
Learn MoreImage: NGK Insulators. A large-scale sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery energy storage system made by NGK Insulators will be installed at a former LNG terminal in Japan. Toho Gas, an integrated utility company serving 54 cities in three prefectures in central Japan, has ordered the 11.4MW/69.6MWh NAS system to be deployed at Tsu LNG …
Learn MoreSeptember 12, 2022. The project, under construction in Ishikari Bay, Hokkaido, Japan. Image: Pattern Energy. US-headquartered developer Pattern Energy has achieved financial close on an offshore wind project in northern Japan which will include a 100MW battery energy storage system (BESS). The company said in a release sent to media including ...
Learn MoreImage: TEPCO-Toyota. A battery storage system made with second life EV batteries has been developed by carmaker Toyota and Japanese utility company Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO). The battery …
Learn MoreThe ramp up of battery storage projects in Japan continues apace, aided by growing subsidy avenues and rising volumes on various electricity markets, from spot …
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Learn MoreStonepeak is focused on investing in infrastructure and real estate, with approximately US$65.1 billion of assets under management. The company is headquartered in New York and recently made its first investment in a 111MW/290MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Australia, which is being developed by developer ZEN …
Learn MoreContracted for 20 years, ownership of the PV systems is transferred to the household after the first 10 years in the no-money-down deal. Sharing Energy business development head Kaz Iguchi told Energy-Storage.news that while the company is at about 800 such contracted agreements so far, the overall market could number as many as …
Learn MoreFor now, in Japan, NEC Corporation is focusing much of its energy storage sales activity on its Distributed Scale Storage (DSS) product that it launched just over a year ago, in February 2019. Aimed at commercial and industrial (C&I) customers, the units go from 40kW / 90kWh to 240kW / 540kWh and are integrated all-in-one with power …
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Learn MoreIn Japan, the extension of subsidies to stand-alone battery storage facilities affirms the Japanese government''s commitment to transition to renewable energy. It is expected that the introduction of stand-alone battery facilities will ease grid related issues and mitigate connection related risks faced by renewable energy projects.
Learn MoreJapan''s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced the opening of the application process for subsidies on Monday and said a budget of ¥10 billion (US$98.3 million) had been earmarked for the programme. Subsidy payouts will be capped at ¥1 million (US$9,846) for individuals and at ¥100 million (US$982,000) for businesses ...
Learn MoreEnergy-Storage.news'' publisher Solar Media will host the 1st Energy Storage Summit Asia, 11-12 July 2023 in Singapore. The event will help give clarity on this nascent, yet quickly growing market, bringing together a community of credible independent generators, policymakers, banks, funds, off-takers and technology providers.
Learn MoreThe Energy White Paper summarizes the current energy situation and measures taken in the relevant year. It consists of the following three parts: (1) Analysis based on the latest trends in the relevant year. (2) Energy data at home and abroad. (3) Measures taken. The first part shows the characteristics of the relevant year, and last …
Learn MoreIt has always been anticipated that by the early 2020s, the feed-in tariff would have tapered away in Japan''s booming solar market. Andy Colthorpe speaks with analyst Izumi Kaizuka at RTS Corporation to learn more about what the future holds for post-subsidy solar in Japan. This article first appeared in Volume 22 of the journal PV Tech …
Learn MoreSchematic of the project on the tiny, subtropical island in southern Japan. Image: Kyocera. A tiny, coral reef-surrounded island in southern Japan will be able to use renewable energy as its main source of power, thanks to a …
Learn MoreA spin-off of Japan''s biggest power generation company JERA, JERA Nex launched as a dedicated renewables business focused on scaling up renewables …
Learn MoreGlobal energy storage specialist, Eku Energy, has announced the Hirohara Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) located in Oaza Hirohara, Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture. The 30MW/120MWh battery is Eku''s first in Japan, and the company has agreed a 20-year offtake agreement for the project with Tokyo Gas. Construction is …
Learn MoreThe 7th Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition will take place in Tokyo on 18-20 June 2025. The Japan Energy Summit & Exhibition connects the global energy community to Japan''s energy value chain, providing opportunities for sourcing products and services, showcasing innovative concepts and technologies and a meeting point for senior stakeholders in the …
Learn MoreImage: Hitachi. Construction is set to begin on a battery storage project in Japan through a joint venture (JV) involving CATL with utility Shikoku Electric Power. China-headquartered CATL – the world''s largest lithium-ion battery manufacturer – is in a JV with global energy and commodities trader Hartree Partners and metals and mining ...
Learn MoreTwo large-scale solar plants planned for the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido will be paired with utility-scale energy storage, in order to meet regulations set out by the region''s electricity authority. According to the tech pages of Japanese newspaper Nikkei, one will be a 38.1MW (25MW grid-connected) PV plant with 10MWh/20MW of …
Learn MoreImage: Pacifico Energy. A milestone has been reached in the development of a market for utility-scale battery storage in Japan, with developer Pacifico Energy trading energy stored in two new projects.
Learn MoreGore Street, which launched Gore Street Energy Storage Fund back in 2018, announced this morning (4 December) that it has been selected along with Japanese conglomerate Itochu to look after the new fund. The nascent grid-scale energy storage market in Japan now has its first-ever dedicated investment fund, to be jointly managed …
Learn MoreThe company has spent years in Japan and was involved in many local solar and energy storage projects, such as the 10MW plant in Koka-shi in Shiga-ken, the 2MW plant in Kameyama-shi in Mi''e-ken ...
Learn MoreIn the 5th SEP, the share of renewable energy in TPES is expected to reach 13% in 2030, up from 8% in 2019. Renewable power generation is expected to reach 24% in 2030, up from 19% in 2019. Japan has seen rapid expansion of solar photovoltaic in recent years, driven by generous feed-in-tariffs.
Learn MoreThe Energy White Paper 2021 summarizes measures taken in relation to the supply and demand of energy in FY2020. As Japan depends mostly on imports for its primary energy requirements, the latest White Paper describes Japan''s current energy policy and its goals. It highlights measures for a stable supply of energy, expanded use of …
Learn MoreNational Laboratory for Advanced Energy Storage Technologies (NLAB) at japan,Osaka. NLAB Large Chamber As one of the world''s largest testing and evaluating facilities for large-scale battery energy storage …
Learn MoreTOMOHIRO EBUCHI, Nikkei staff writer January 27, 2022 04:00 JST. TOKYO -- Japan will require power utilities to open up their grids to energy storage systems operated by other companies, aiming to ...
Learn MoreCover Image: Kiwi Power''s Nima Tabatabai (second from right) accepts the Japan Energy Challenge award, one of four winning companies. aggregation, demand response, deregulation, distributed generation, flexibility, frequency regulation, investment, japan, market design, offshore wind, renewables integration, software, solar-plus …
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