Japan

Developers may be allowed to apply for 30-year leases.

Both are nearing the end of standard operating life span.

They keep flocking to solar energy but the government reveals the industry is currently plagued with headwinds.

It is slated to be Japan's biggest world-scale wind farm.

Its current grid capacity cannot handle the surge of wind energy.

It is being pressured to accelerate the use of VPPs as renewables rise.

The country is eyeing 30% efficiency by 2030 but the road to its target is a bit rocky at the moment.

The utility has started loading fuel into the facility.

FiTs for non-residential plants will be trimmed 14% to $17c/kWh.

It is now predicted to resume operation by midyear.

The advanced hydrogen-based autonomous energy supply system is now providing round-the-clock, carbon-free power to Japanese hotels, train stations, stadiums and offices.

SPCG Public Company is amongst the newcomers.

Both units will have a capacity of 650MW.

One of the decomissioned units will be a biomass-fired plant.

BATTERY JAPAN, the spotlight of World Smart Energy Week 2018.

It will be the final regulatory stage in its restarting process.