As detailed in two Recharge Insight notes published last month, the oligopolistic structure of the country’s electricity system is being significantly reformed.
The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) is pushing for a three-stage change, switching the focus from centralised supply and control to a system characterised by decentralisation, distributed generation and revitalisation of the wholesale and retail markets.
The biggest barriers to deployment of Japan’s abundant renewable resources are grid access and balancing the system to cope with variable source such as wind and solar.
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