Publication date: April 11, 2025 JERA, PowerX JV in Deal to Manage BESS Capacity JERA Cross, a wholly owned subsidiary of JERA (a joint venture owned by TEPCO Fuel & Power and Chubu EPCo) and PowerX, announced that it had signed a basic agreement for a comprehensive collaboration to jointly promote #BESS (Battery Energy Storage …
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Publication date: April 11, 2025 J-Power Begins Repowering Work on Wind Farm; Signs Virtual PPA J-POWER announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, J-Wind, has begun repowering work on the Minami Osumi Wind Farm located in Minami Osumi Town, Kagoshima Prefecture. This is the fifth repowering project for wind power generation within the J-POWER Group. The …
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Publication date: April 6, 2025. Renewable Energy Levy Increases to JPY 3.98 per kWh Renewable Energy Levy Increases to JPY 3.98 per kWh The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced that the renewable energy levy for FY2025, imposed on electricity prices under the Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) and Feed-in-Premium (FIP) schemes, will increase by JPY …
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Publication date: April 2, 2025 March 2025 Monthly Newsletter: The Latest News In The Japanese Power Market March 2025 Monthly Newsletter Friends and Colleagues, On March 11, it will be 14 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake. The government continues to push ahead with the restart of nuclear power plants, and this trend is expected …
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Publication date: March 28, 2025. Government Expands Support for Offshore Wind, Perovskite and Hydrogen J-Power Enters the Onshore Wind Power Aggregation Business J-POWER announced that it will begin providing aggregation services to onshore wind power plants. J-Power has been providing this service for solar power generation, but now it will also cover onshore wind. J-POWER …
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Publication date: March 25, 2025 Understanding & Forecasting Hydroelectric Power Generation in Japan Shulman Advisory, in collaboration with Atmospheric G2, is excited to share our third and final article of this mini-series on understanding and forecasting hydroelectric power generation in Japan. As the nation’s most established renewable energy source, hydropower plays a crucial role in …
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Publication date: March 24, 2025. Government Expands Support for Offshore Wind, Perovskite and Hydrogen Government Expands Support for Offshore Wind, Perovskite and Hydrogen The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) proposed at an expert meeting (Green Innovation Project Subcommittee of the Industrial Structure Council) to use a portion of the remaining balance of the …
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Publication date: March 14, 2025 JEPX Sees Higher Demand for NFCs The results of the third round of the Non-Fossil Value Trading Market for FY2024 became available in February this year. Contracted volume for Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) Non-Fossil Certificates (NFCs) increased 31.7% to 15,342.98 GWh in the Environmental Value Trading Market, a new record high. In …
Publication date: March 10, 2025 Understanding & Forecasting Wind Power Generation in Japan Understanding & Forecasting Wind Power Generation in Japan Shulman Advisory, in collaboration with Atmospheric G2, is excited to share our second mini-series article on understanding and forecasting wind power generation in Japan. While wind power’s contribution to Japan’s energy mix remains modest, …
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Publication date: March 7, 2025 METI Adds Thermal Power With CCS to Upcoming Auctions The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced at a meeting of experts that it plans to add thermal power projects with carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) to the next round of ‘long-term decarbonization power source auction’. The auction …
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