HD Renewable Energy and utility Tokyo Gas signed a deal for two large-scale projects in another busy week for Japan’s growing battery storage market.

Amid growing interest in Japan’s battery storage market, a consortium of major Japanese businesses is targeting 174MW of deployments.

Developer-investor Hexa Energy Services has inaugurated what is thought to be Japan’s first operational battery storage project with a capacity market contract.

Taiwan-headquartered developer and services provider HD Renewable Energy (HDRE) is targeting further overseas expansion in 2026, with energy storage set to play a major role.  

Manoa Energy and HD Renewable Energy Japan have begun commercial operation of a 50MW/104MWh battery storage project in Hokkaido, Japan.

Dr Mahdi Behrengrad, head of energy storage at Pacifico Energy, speaks to Energy-Storage.news ahead of next week’s Energy Storage Summit Asia 2025 in Manila.

ESN Premium’s deep dive into Japan continues with a look at the complexities of an evolving market underpinned by strong drivers for energy storage.

Japan’s energy storage market is experiencing a wave of significant growth, as ESN Premium hears from Eku Energy and BloombergNEF.

A total of 26 battery energy storage projects in Japan have been selected for contracts through the Long-Term Decarbonisation Power Source Auction (LTDA) for 2024.

Eku Energy has begun its first battery storage project in Japan, while Gore Street Capital has raised funding for the country’s first energy storage-dedicated fund.