Japan to Install Battery in Hokkaido to Ease Solar Pressure
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Japan plans to set up a large-size storage battery to stabilize the flow of solar power on the northern island of Hokkaido where inexpensive land is attracting projects to tap the renewable source of energy.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will allocate about 20 billion yen ($204 million) to install the system at a substation with 60 megawatt hour of storage capacity, Hiroaki Niihara, an official in charge of energy conservation and renewable energy, said at a news conference today in Tokyo.