As July 19, 2024, the final date for the application period for the Round 3 offshore wind auctions pursuant to the Act on Promoting Utilization of Sea Areas in Development of Power Generation Facilities Using Maritime...more
Many regulatory amendments that could impact renewable energy generation projects are scheduled to take effect in FY2024 (starting in April 2024). In April 2024, the amendments to the Act on Special Measures Concerning...more
日本語: Japan Renewables Alert 66 Today's Topic When installing renewable energy facilities, renewable developers are expected to consider the local environment and the daily lives of local residents, and many developers have...more
On October 3, 2023, two new sea areas were designated as “Promotion Zones” pursuant to the Act of Promoting Utilization of Sea Areas in Development of Power Generation Facilities Using Maritime Renewable Energy Resources (Act...more
New Support Scheme for Non-FIT/FIP Renewables, Battery Storage and Hydrogen Power Generation: Long-Term Decarbonization Auction to Start – Registration to Begin for the First Auction...more
GX Decarbonization Electricity Act Amending Renewable Energy Law and Regulations/Local Taxation on Renewables – Pressing for Coexistence with Local Community -
Two important laws on energy policy were passed by the Diet in...more
Powering Forward: Offshore Wind Growth Signals Things to Come Our review of offshore wind in over twenty countries shows that the sector has grown rapidly in recent years, with an accelerating trajectory in 2022 after a...more
On November 8, 2022, the draft of the “guidelines for public tender of exclusive occupancy and use” (the “Public Tender Guidelines” and the draft of the Public Tender Guidelines for Round 2, the “Draft Guidelines”) for “Round...more
12/5/2022
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Draft Guidance ,
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Offshore Wind ,
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Wind Power
Amendments to the Act on Special Measures Concerning Procurement of Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources by Electricity Utilities (Act No. 108 of 2011; the Act will also be renamed the “Act on Special Measures Concerning...more
Today’s Topics Solar: Draft Guidelines on Decommissioning Reserve Published and Open for Public Comment Solar and Wind: ANRE to Issue New Document on What Constitutes a Single Project in the Context of EIA Offshore Wind:...more
Under the Act on Promoting the Utilization of Sea Areas for the Development of Marine Renewable Energy Power Generation Facilities (Act No. 89 of 2018; the “Offshore Renewable Energy Act”), enforced on April 1, 2019, offshore...more
4/29/2021
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Energy Policy ,
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Energy Reform ,
Infrastructure ,
Japan ,
Offshore Wind ,
Power Grid ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Renewable Energy ,
Wind Power
I. The Details of the Nullification System and the Amendments to the Operational Practices (Stricter Policy on Detached-Site Projects) -
1. Current Status of the Nullification System -
As we reported in our Japan Renewable...more
1. Japan Preparing for Its First Offshore Wind Auction under the New Act -
(1) Implementation of Offshore Renewable Energy Act
As we reported in our Renewable Alert Letter 40, the Act of Promoting Utilization of Sea Areas...more
The global offshore wind market has grown nearly 30 percent per year since 2010 and is projected to be a US$1 trillion industry over the next two decades. Markets around the world are seeing significant increases in offshore...more
It was decided this month that April 1, 2019 will be the effective date of the "Act to Promote Offshore Use by Offshore Renewable Energy Facilities" (the "Act")...more
Projects participating in the power source interconnection project offering process -
In our Alert Letter dated February 21, 2018, we noted how, in principle, wind facilities will be subject to revision of FIT price if...more
METI recently released an outline of proposed ordinances partially amending the FIT Act and is currently accepting public comment. The following items are of particular interest....more