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New Rules on Bidding Price in the Balancing Market
Balancing Market
June 9, 2025

The Electricity and Gas Market Surveillance Commission, a body under the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, established to monitor markets and promote fair competition,...

Hot Grid Summer: Forecasting and Navigating Japan’s Power Markets in Summer 2025
Weather Forecast
June 4, 2025

Weathering the Storm: Weather Forecasting and Battery Energy Storage Systems in Japan’s Changing Climate This article was co-produced by Shulman Advisory and Atmospheric G2. Here,...

June 2025 Monthly Newsletter
Decarbonization
June 2, 2025

The Latest News In The Japanese Power Market After a cool pleasant April, the southern Kyushu region quickly saw the onset of the rainy season...

METI to Tighten Green Housing Standards
Green Housing
May 25, 2025

METI announced its intention to revise the definition of ZEH (net Zero Energy Houses) at an expert meeting. The revised standards will align with the...

Second Round of LTDA Sees Rising Interest From BESS Operators
BESS
May 20, 2025

The Organization for Cross Regional Coordination of Transmission Operators (OCCTO) announced the results of the FY2024’s second round of the Long-term Decarbonization Auction (LTDA). The...

Japanese Wind Power Sector Adds Record Capacity in 2024
Wind/Offshore Wind
May 12, 2025

According to the Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA), new wind installations in 2024 totaled a record 0.66 GW, overtaking the previous record in 2020 and...

April 2025 Monthly Newsletter: The Latest News In The Japanese Power Market
Decarbonization
May 5, 2025

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”,...

Japan Doubles LTDA Price Cap Ahead of 3rd Auction to Counter Inflation Pressures
Decarbonization
May 4, 2025

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)...

Weathering the Storm: Weather Forecasting and Battery Energy Storage Systems in Japan’s Changing Climate
BESS
April 28, 2025

Shulman Advisory is delighted to present the following article in collaboration with Atmospheric G2, on how weather, growing gradually more extreme under … Continue reading...

JERA, PowerX JV in Deal to Manage BESS Capacity
BESS
April 18, 2025

JERA Cross, a wholly owned subsidiary of JERA (a joint venture owned by TEPCO Fuel & Power and Chubu EPCo) and PowerX, announced that it...

J-Power Begins Repowering Work on Wind Farm; Signs Virtual PPA
Onshore Wind
April 11, 2025

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....

Renewable Energy Levy Increases to JPY 3.98 per kWh
Energy
April 6, 2025

. 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)...

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