Establishing an Image of Stability and Commitment To Attract Talent

Last week a report was published in the U.S. stating that 73% of new graduates ranked job stability as their top priority when choosing an employer. Among the leading factors for this are the current...

Japan’s Battery Future: METI Sets Goals for Developing Burgeoning Industry

When officials drafted Japan’s new national energy strategy last year, the development of storage batteries was seen as a longer-term process, more a 2050 than a 2030 issue. That view, however, was s...

METI Embraces the VPP as a Vital Tool in the Energy Transition

As Japan seeks to accelerate the rollout of green energy, METI has concluded that one bottleneck that clearly must be dealt with is how to better balance power demand and supply. And the solution tha...

Power in Water – Japan’s New Solar Frontier of Floating Systems

Amid trouble securing land for future projects, some municipalities and developers are looking to a new frontier to kickstart the rollout of new solar capacity. Floating solar systems hold tremendous...

Tokyo Gas and the UK’s Octopus Seek to Upend Power Retail Market

With Japan’s energy retail market in disarray, a 130-year old Japanese power company is teaming up with a 21st century British energy-tech startup. The unexpected alliance between a legacy company an...