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Is Japan a good market for grid-scale storage?

With strong ambitions towards the energy transition and a liberalised power market structure, Japan is one of the most promising markets for grid-scale storage in Asia Pacific. The country’s electricity consumption per capita is twice the Asia Pacific average, and there is a race to keep up.

What is Japan's energy storage landscape?

Japan’s energy storage landscape is widely distributed across the whole of Japan, geographically-speaking. Furthermore, Japan’s energy-storage landscape is characterized by its connection with Japan’s smart-grid and smart city landscape. a. Interactive Map of Japan’s Energy Storage Landscape

What role does energy storage technology play in Japan's Energy Future?

Given the fundamental direction of Japan’s energy landscape, energy storage technology is set to play an integral part in Japan’s energy future due to energy storage technology’s role in both smart grid technology and in renewable energy’s integration into Japan’s energy landscape.

Does Japan have a large-scale energy storage infrastructure?

Figure 16, is a snapshot of the interactive map of Japan’s large-scale energy storage geography, as well as its smart-grid and smart-city landscape. Overall, the map demonstrates that Japan has a visible overlap between its smart-grid infrastructure and the country’s energy storage sites.

What is Japan's energy landscape?

According to the US Department of Energy’s 2013 report on Grid Energy Storage, Japan’s energy landscape is characterized by the large-scale adoption of renewable power generation resources, of intermittent energy generation63. 63 US Department of Energy (2013), “Grid Energy Storage”, Working Paper, Washington DC.

Does Japan have a regulatory framework for energy storage?

es and help advance Japan into the next stage of its renewable energy transition. This briefing examines the regulatory framework for energy storage in Japan, draws comparisons with the European markets and seeks to identify the regulatory developmen