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X-ELIO solar project secures Japanese support contract
has been secured a support contract for 15MW of solar in the Japanese governement's first Feed-in-Premium (FIP) auction held by the Ministry of Economy as
Aug 3, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, x-elio, Toshiaki Isoi
Tokyo government to introduce research on perovskite solar cells
also walls as well as other places.
According to the Tokyo government, Japan make up around 30% of the globe's iodine manufacturing. While solar panels are
Jan 3, 2023 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, Tokyo
Total Commissions 51MW Japanese Solar Power Plant
recently commissioned a 51MW solar power plant located in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The plant, which is connected to the power grid, will supply its electricity
Feb 2, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Asia, PV Power Plant, TotalEnergies
STI Norland expects 1.2GW of contracted mounting systems orders in 2019
Spain and France, while establishing itself in other strategic markets such as Japan or India.
STI Norland noted that it had more than 700MW of projects
Sep 8, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Spain, France, India, pv power plants, Europe, Asia, Mexico, North America, sti norland, pv trackers, pv mounting systems
Koshidaka Strikes Tokyo Solar PPA for Karaoke Sites
Japanese karaoke chain operator Koshidaka Co. has signed an off-site power purchase agreement with Eneres Co. to supply renewable electricity to 69 of its locations across the Tokyo metropolitan area. Financial terms, contract tenor, start date, and power volumes were not disclosed.The deal underscores rising corporate demand for clean power in Japan, where off-site PPAs are gaining momentum as companies hedge energy-price risk and advance decarbonization targets. By sourcing renewables without installing on-site generation, Koshidaka aims to trim its operational emissions footprint across urban outlets while potentially stabilizing electricity costs amid a volatile market and evolving energy policy.
What does Koshidaka’s Eneres PPA signal for Japan’s corporate renewable procurement?
Marks further normalization of off-site corporate PPAs in Japan, moving them from early-adopter to mainstream procurement tools.
Shows service-sector and mid-cap firms—not just manufacturers and tech giants—are now active buyers of contracted renewables.
Highlights the role of retailer-aggregators like Eneres to bundle supply, certificates, and balancing into a turnkey product that fits Japan’s retail market rules.
Signals that multi-site urban loads can be decarbonized without rooftop build-out, important in dense cities with limited on-site potential.
Reflects post–power price spike risk management: companies are using PPAs to stabilize costs amid volatile wholesale markets.
Suggests growing comfort with long-term or structured contracts even when terms aren’t public, indicating improving bankability for new-build projects.
Implies more demand for non-fossil certificates with tracking (e.g., NFV with attribute granularity) and tighter alignment with RE100/SBTi claims.
Points to rising interest in 24/7 or hourly-matched procurement as buyers look beyond annualized certificates to demonstrate real-world emissions cuts.
Encourages developers to structure merchant/FIP-backed projects around corporate offtake, expanding solar, wind, and storage pipelines.
Exerts competitive pressure on utilities and new retailers to offer greener tariffs and bespoke corporate solutions.
Reinforces a portfolio approach: aggregating dozens of small loads into one PPA, unlocking participation for smaller enterprises.
Indicates a narrowing “green premium” as scale and standardization reduce transaction costs and imbalance risks.
May catalyze growth in complementary products—battery-backed PPAs, demand response, and flexibility services—to manage intermittency.
Aligns with policy momentum toward the 2030 renewables target and enhanced corporate disclosure, nudging peers to act sooner.
Underscores the need to address grid constraints and certificate integrity to ensure additionality and credible decarbonization claims.
Oct 16, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Asia, Koshidaka
Octopus Energy commits to GBP-1.5 bn Asia-Pacific investment
as well as wind generation, with fifty percent of the sum predestined for Japanese renewables. Another GBP 300 million will certainly be invested to broaden
May 22, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Octopus Energy
Amp Energy closes US$ 350m credit facility to go after renewables, energy storage space pipeline
the financing to focus at first on assets in the United States, Australia and Japan which are at the construction stage, while projects in further markets will be
Jan 24, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Japan, Australia, Asia, Oceania, North America, brookfield asset management, AMP Energy, nomura
World Bank funds Uzbekistan's first solar-storage project
from the Asian Development Bank, Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank, and Japan International Cooperation Agency. The World Bank is also providing a guarantee
May 22, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Asia, world bank, Uzbekistan
TotalEnergies and also Eneos develop 2GW solar JV
has actually created a joint venture with Japanese business Eneos to develop decentralised solar energy generation for their B2B customers in several
Apr 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, TotalEnergies, Eneos, Katsuki Arisa
Sun Village to build 11.8 MW for SMFL Mirai Partners
new tranche of distributed solar is coming to Japan. SMFL Mirai Partners has tapped Sun Village to develop and construct about 11.8 MWdc of photovoltaic projects
Sep 15, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Asia, distributed solar, development, SMFL Mirai Partners, Sun Village
Solar-powered hydrogen manufacturing in Japan
Japanese empire Toshiba Corporation has actually revealed its Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R) project, on which building and construction started in July 2018, is functional.
The solar-powered 10 MW hydrogen plant in Namie community, Fukushima prefecture, is stated to be able to create 1,200 typical cubic meters (Nm3) of hydrogen per hr.
The periodic nature of solar generation triggered Toshiba to make the center to be able to get used to require and also provide in the grid, the firm stated.
" Hydrogen generated at FH2R will certainly likewise be utilized to power fixed hydrogen gas cell systems as well as to attend to ... movement tools, fuel-cell vehicles and also buses as well as even more," Toshiba included. "The most crucial obstacle in the present phase of screening is to make use of the hydrogen power administration system to attain the ideal mix of manufacturing and also storage space of hydrogen and also power grid supply-demand harmonizing changes without making use of storage batteries."
Solar energy
The plant is being powered by 20 MW of solar generation ability in addition to grid power. The hydrogen produced is being delivered in trailers as well as hydrogen packages to customers somewhere else in the prefecture in addition to the Tokyo city as well as various other areas.
In very early January, Toshiba appointed the H2One Station Unit, a power storage space system generating hydrogen at the Toyama City Environment Center in Toyama prefecture. According to the firm, that sort of installment can be released quickly as well as run by clients such as manufacturing facilities, harbors, airport terminals as well as bus depots. A comparable center was released at the end of December in Tsuruga City, in the Hokuriku area.
Toshiba's power system as well as remedies service started a presentation of an alternative hydrogen supply chain for electrical energy generation in May 2018.
The international had actually revealed in February 2016 it would certainly put even more focus on its power as well as storage space companies complying with an accountancy detraction which had actually motivated a restructure and also losses of around $6 billion in 2015.
Mar 11, 2020 // Solar to Fuel, Japan, Asia, hydrogen, Toshiba
Canadian Solar partners with Macquarie for Japanese PV push
to approve initial offer legal rights to the Canadian Solar Framework Fund, a Japanese-listed facilities fund holding solar possessions handled by Canadian
Feb 17, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Canadian Solar, Asia, Macquarie Group, Shawn Qu, Japan Green Infrastructure Fund, JGIF
Pattern Energy confirms takeover interest
public in 2013, has 26 wind and solar energy projects in the US, Canada and Japan, with a total operating capacity of 4GW.
In February, the company
Aug 14, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, ssfusa, pattern energy, terraform power, brookfield asset mangement, mergers and acquisitions
Australia could start exporting sunshine in the form of hydrogen
As Australia’s nearby trading partners, including China, South Korea and Japan, switch to clean energy sources, the country will be forced to adapt, or else
Dec 2, 2019 // Technology, Thermal, Solar to Fuel, Toyota, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, Darren Miller, Alan Finkel, Craig Buckley, Øivind Wilhelmsen, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
Canadian Solar tops Japanese PV market
topped the ranking of cumulative capacity of solar projects awarded under Japan's feed-in tariff (FIT) auction programme given that its launch in 2017, with
May 18, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Canadian Solar, Asia, Shawn Qu












