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April 2025 Monthly Newsletter: The Latest News In The Japanese Power Market

Publication date: May 5, 2025 April 2025 Monthly Newsletter: The Latest News In The Japanese Power Market April 2025 Monthly Newsletter On April 13, Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai was officially inaugurated. At the Japan Pavilion, hosted by the Japanese government, the theme is “circularity”, exemplified by a functioning biogas power system that converts waste produced at the venue into …

Japan Doubles LTDA Price Cap Ahead of 3rd Auction to Counter Inflation Pressures

Publication date: May 4, 2025 Japan Doubles LTDA Price Cap Ahead of 3rd Auction to Counter Inflation Pressures At a meeting held on April 23, 2025, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) discussed changes to the 3rd Long-Term Decarbonization Auction (LTDA) auction in FY 2025. The LTDA is one of the key measures …

Weathering the Storm: Weather Forecasting and Battery Energy Storage Systems in Japan’s Changing Climate

Publication date: April 28, 2025 Weathering the Storm: Weather Forecasting and Battery Energy Storage Systems in Japan’s Changing Climate Weathering the Storm: Weather Forecasting and Battery Energy Storage Systems in Japan’s Changing Climate Shulman Advisory is delighted to present the following article in collaboration with Atmospheric G2, on how weather, growing gradually more extreme under …

JERA, PowerX JV in Deal to Manage BESS Capacity

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 …

J-Power Begins Repowering Work on Wind Farm; Signs Virtual PPA

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 …

Renewable Energy Levy Increases to JPY 3.98 per kWh

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 …

March 2025 Monthly Newsletter: The Latest News In The Japanese Power Market

Publication date: April 2, 2025 March 2025 Monthly Newsletter: The Latest News In The Japanese Power Market March 2025 Monthly Newsletter 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 to continue in …

J-Power Enters the Onshore Wind Power Aggregation Business

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 …

Understanding & Forecasting Hydroelectric Power Generation in Japan

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 …

Government Expands Support for Offshore Wind, Perovskite and Hydrogen

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 …