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✅ In a nutshell 🌍 US Big Tech companies are accelerating investments in nuclear power generation, driven by rising electricity demand in the age of AI 🇪🇺 After the Ukraine war, Europe is turning to nuclear power for energy security reasons...

✅ In brief: ・ESG is a management issue that legal, financial, and public relations departments must address together, and creating a cross-departmental system is essential. ・The latest laws and guidelines in the EU and Japan are affecting disclosure and contracts...

✅ In brief: 📌 There is a gap between political statements and legal reality — Prime Minister Takaichi and METI Minister Akazawa talk about "reviewing the levy," but the legal feasibility is limited ⚖️ Retroactive application of already certified FIT prices...

✅ In brief 💰 Japan's energy self-sufficiency rate is the lowest in the G7 at 15.3%, and it faces a structural challenge in which 24 trillion yen in national wealth is lost annually through fossil fuel imports. Japan needs to address not only the "quantity" but also the "quality" of renewable energy.

✅ In a nutshell 🔊 Storage battery noise, reflected sunlight - an article topic born from a conversation with a client ⚖️ Numerous court cases: Low-frequency wind noise and reflected sunlight cause room temperature to rise to 50°C, and landscape rights are not recognized 📜...

I contributed a column to the website of Borderless Sdn. Bhd., a company specializing in cross-border M&A in Malaysia. The column is titled "Seven Pitfalls of Cross-Border M&A"...

I will be speaking at the seminar "Renewable Energy and the Power System" hosted by the Financial and Financial Research Institute, a general incorporated association. The seminar will be held on Monday, December 15, 2025. In this lecture, I will discuss the current state of Japan's power grid...

✅ In a nutshell: 📊 By 2030, global data center electricity consumption will double to the equivalent of the entire nation of Japan — IEA predicts 945 TWh. A single ChatGPT transaction consumes 10 times the energy of a Google search. 🌍 RE100 Scope 2 reduction...

Recently, I posted a post titled "The Frontline of the Grid Battery Business – 2025 System Reforms and Legal Risk Management – Practical Responses Based on Contracts, Permits, and Market Trends." Using this content,...

✅ Roughly speaking: ・The battery storage business in 2025 is rapidly expanding as a means of relieving grid congestion caused by the large-scale introduction of renewable energy. ・On the other hand, there are issues such as the suspension of connection applications, fluctuations in construction costs, and...

✅ In a nutshell: 📈 Explosive growth in applications for grid-connected battery systems: As of the end of September 2025, approximately 15,000 applications, totaling approximately 163.61 million kW, had been accepted (approximately three times the number of applications submitted in the same period last year). https://www....

✅ Roughly speaking 📉 All Japanese car manufacturers in the Indonesian car market will fall below the previous year in 2025 - Toyota ▲13.3%, Daihatsu ▲19.8%, Honda an astounding ▲40.4%🚗 China BYD will increase by 202.7%...

✅ Roughly speaking 🌪️ "Bladeless wind power," which generates electricity solely through vibration without a propeller, is attracting attention ⚖️ In Japan, existing laws and regulations such as the Electricity Business Act apply, but due to the new technology...

In brief: The Long-Term Stable Qualified Solar Power Generation Operator System is a new system aimed at consolidating and streamlining numerous small-scale solar power plants. It certifies responsible operators as "qualified operators" and...

Introduction This time, we will explain about domestically produced SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel). In July 2025, domestically produced SAF will be refueled on scheduled passenger flights at Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport), and Japan's aviation...

✅ Roughly speaking: ・The battery storage business in 2025 is rapidly expanding as a means of relieving grid congestion caused by the large-scale introduction of renewable energy. ・On the other hand, there are issues such as the suspension of connection applications, fluctuations in construction costs, and...

✅ In a nutshell 🔊 Storage battery noise, reflected sunlight - an article topic born from a conversation with a client ⚖️ Numerous court cases: Low-frequency wind noise and reflected sunlight cause room temperature to rise to 50°C, and landscape rights are not recognized 📜...

Introduction This time, we will explain the mandatory installation of solar panels on the roofs of houses, which is being introduced in various places. In 2025, Sendai City will make it mandatory to install solar panels on the roofs of houses...

Roughly speaking 📊, Japan's electricity is divided into four values: electricity volume (kWh), regulation power (ΔkW), supply capacity (kW), and environmental value, which are divided into "four values", and each is taken in different markets.

✅ Roughly speaking 🔐 From the contract application for system connection in April 2027 (extra high and high pressure) and October 2027 (low pressure less than 50kW) onwards, JC-STAR★1 was obtained for equipment related to communication and control, which is related to system interconnection...