"Throw Away, Then Save" - Tohoku Electric Power Expands Into the Kanto Region

The use of storage batteries to store surplus renewable energy has begun to spread in the Tohoku region. Leading the way is Banpu Japan (Chiyoda, Tokyo), the Japanese subsidiary of a major Thai energy company. It will open a storage facility in Tono, Iwate Prefecture in June 2025, and in Fukushima Prefecture in 2028. On May 17, the newly constructed "Tono Matsuzaki Storage Facility" (Tono, Iwate Prefecture) completed its connection to the transm…