Publication date: Dec 17, 2025 Japan’s BESS Moment: Strategic Opportunity or Speculative Trap? Why international developers need more than optimism to navigate Japan’s battery storage gold rush. — Professor Hiroshi Takahashi of Hosei University recently made a compelling case in Nikkei GX for Japan to formally integrate battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity targets into …
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Publication date: Dec 15, 2025 Tightening Balancing Market Design Could Reshape BESS Strategies At a recent expert meeting held in late October 2025, METI proposed two changes for Primary Reserve (FCR) and Secondary Reserve I (S-FRR) in the balancing market: 1. Reducing the procurement volumes by 50–80%starting from FY2026. 2. Lowering the price caps by …
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Publication date: Dec 9, 2025 Prices Hit Cap in Second FY2025 NFC Auction as Non-FIT Volumes Rise The Japan Electric Power Exchange (JEPX) has released the results of the second-round of the Non-Fossil Value Trading Market (or Non-Fossil Certificate (NFC) Auction) for FY2025. Prices for Non-FIT (Feed-in-Tariff) NFCs, both certificates “without renewable energy designation”, mainly …
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Publication date: Dec 1, 2025 The Role of LNG in Japan’s Energy Transition and Upcoming GX-ETS Impacts Despite the Japanese government’s recent push to significantly increase the share of renewable energy in the energy mix, Japan still relies heavily on thermal power (natural gas, coal, and oil) for about 70% of total generation. Among the …
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Publication date: Dec 1, 2025 Japan Revises Offshore Wind Auction Rules Ahead of First Round Re-Auction The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) jointly held an expert meeting to review the offshore wind (OSW) auction system and presented a new set of proposed evaluation …
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Publication date: Nov 22, 2025 Government Details Tender Process for Selecting GX Data-Center Clusters The Working Group (WG) of Public-Private Advisory Council on Watt-Bit, which focuses on effective coordination between power and telecommunication, has outlined the details for selecting Data Center (DC) Clusters based on GX (green transformation) Strategic Areas through a public tender process. …
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Publication date: Nov 17, 2025 Japan Outlines 2050 Roadmap for Introducing Next-Generation Geothermal Japan Outlines 2050 Roadmap for Introducing Next-Generation Geothermal The public-private council on next-generation geothermal power has finalized a 2050 roadmap to introduce the technology, with the roll out beginning in 2030. The plan states that the previously indicated installation target of 7.7 …
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Publication date: Nov 14, 2025 Rethinking Renewable Procurement: How GHG Protocol Reforms May Reshape Japan’s Corporate Market Corporate decarbonization reporting is about to change. The next revision of the GHG Protocol will reshape how organizations measure and verify their Scope 2 electricity emissions. In Japan, a growing number of companies, particularly those with global operations, …
Publication date: Nov 10, 2025 Japan Seeks to Balance Renewable Growth With Environmental and Regional Considerations According to a report by Fuji Keizai, Japan’s domestic green electricity retail market is projected to reach around JPY 4.8 trillion in FY2040, 6.9 times the FY2023 level, while the domestic market for solar power PPA services is projected …
Publication date: Nov 3, 2025 Japanese Government’s Growing Leadership Role in the Offshore Wind Market Offshore wind power in Japan made headlines this summer when Mitsubishi Corporation announced its withdrawal from 1.7 GW of projects awarded in the first offshore wind auction held in 2021. Although the exit by Japan’s largest trading house left a …
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