Lucas Morais

Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:9502), together with several local partners, has put into commercial operation a 28.1-MW, wood-fired biomass power plant in Tottori prefecture.

Japanese energy group Osaka Gas Co Ltd (TYO:9532) has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with East Japan Railway Company (TYO:9020), or JR East, tied to a 75-MW biomass-fired power plant.

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Portuguese utility EDP (ELI:EDP) has confirmed it is withdrawing from the Grande Lago Hybrid Power Plant project in Portugal, which was supposed to combine a floating solar park at the Alqueva Dam in the Alentejo region with a wind farm.

Japanese companies i Grid Solutions and Tokyu Land are launching a second partnership fund focused on rooftop solar power plants operating under on-site corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs).

Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (KEPCO) has recently entered into a 10-MW corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) with Japanese multinational business group Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc.

Japanese battery systems manufacturer PowerX Inc (TYO:485A) has postponed to July 2028 the start of operations at its new factory in Tomakomai City, Hokkaido, in order to prepare the site for the production of a recently announced product.

Japanese engineering and energy supply group TESS Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:5074) has reached a mutual agreement with a customer to cancel a construction contract in connection with power storage plants for power grids totalling 25 MW/100 MWh.

Japanese developer and asset manager RS Asset Advisors Co Ltd has teamed up with Maeda Corp, a domestic general contractor and civil engineering firm, to develop roughly 12 MW/48 MWh of grid-connected energy storage facilities.

A unit of Brazilian utility Neoenergia SA (BVMF:NEOE3) plans to install 40 solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in Sao Paulo state schools across 12 cities, for a combined capacity of 1.3 MWp.