Battery storage in Japan: An up-and-coming market?

This paper includes exclusive insights from Cornwall Insight’s Japan Benchmark Power Curve.

In this insight paper, we discuss the demand and challenges accompanying Japan’s changing energy mix. Aiming to address whether, as the transition to net zero creates greater need and opportunities for faster dispatch electricity storage, could Japan represent an up-and-coming market for battery asset investors and developers?

If you are a Subscription Service customer, you can read the full Insight Paper, “Battery storage in Japan: An up-and-coming market?”, in CATALYST, here. Insight Papers are part of our exclusive Industry Essentials service, which provides supplementary topical analysis in our new customer portal, CATALYST. 

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Low carbon generation
Jamie Maule

Jamie Maule

Kate Hill

Kate Hill

Matthew Chadwick

Matthew Chadwick

Dr Dan Atzori

Dr Dan Atzori

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