How can Japan achieve a stable and low-carbon supply of power?

As part of a joint action plan, Japan has pledged to help achieve a stable and low-carbon supply of power by providing technical cooperation, building renewable energy facilities, and developing energy-efficient power grids, among other activities.

Is Res a'main power supply resource' in Japan?

The Japanese government has just positioned RES such as PV and wind power as ‘main power supply resource’ and is expanding its introduction by taking various types of countermeasures to solve the problems induced by massive integration of the RES into the grid.

What makes Japan a good power system?

The Japanese power system has unique characteristics in the area of VREs in terms of its relatively higher costs, lower potentials, and less flexibility with the grid connections than other major greenhouse gas (GHG)-emitting countries.

Why is the power system in Japan damaged?

Source: Based on Kansai EPCO As mentioned in Section 1, in the last several years, the power system in Japan was damaged many times by a lot of natural disaster such as strong earthquakes, typhoons and heavy rains, and it has also been stressed strongly by the massive integration of RESs into the grid from the operational viewpoints, etc.

What are the unique characteristics of Japanese power system?

Another unique characteristic of Japanese power system is the relatively low flexibility in the grid connections. Particularly, the Japanese power grid is a longitudinal structure with few detours and different frequencies in Eastern (50 Hz) and Western (60 Hz) Japan.