As part of their decarbonisation efforts, companies are facing the need to reduce their CO2 emissions associated with electricity use. This has resulted in a growing demand for the procurement of renewable energy as an effective way to both reduce CO2 emissions and save energy. In recent years, the price of electricity has significantly risen due to the surging prices of fuel, and the economic benefits of electricity generated by renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind, which require no fuel costs, are also attracting interest.
However, companies looking to procure renewable energy also face challenges such as the need to:
We provide support to help you to solve these challenges and procure the renewable energy you need, by leveraging the following strengths:
As a first step for companies seeking to procure renewable energy in Japan, we help you gain a solid overall understanding of the Japanese power market, including but not limited to the regulatory framework, trends in supply and demand and key issues likely to impact the power market in the future. We also analyse future power market prices and non-fossil certificate prices to help you better understand the renewable energy business in Japan.
We advise on the selection and combination of optimal renewable energy procurement methods based on current regulations and market conditions, outlook and projections of future electricity prices, life cycle cost analysis, individual circumstances of the relevant companies and case studies from other countries.
We can introduce you to potential renewable energy suppliers* that meet your needs, from among our large client network.
*Renewable energy developers, aggregators, etc.
We can introduce you to suppliers and advise on procurement conditions and negotiations for procuring backup supply for physical PPAs and power supply for virtual PPAs.
We provide support for negotiating the key terms* of a PPA based on our experience in ongoing and previous cases.
*Key terms include contract capacity, price per kilowatt hour (kWh), contract period, supply and off-taking obligation, response in the events of curtailment or force majeure, representations and warranties, termination, penalties, pledges, compensation for damages, etc.
We provide the following support for companies that intend to develop or buy power plants for self-consumption rather than purchasing electricity from other companies through a PPA:
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Partner, PwC Advisory LLC
Partner, PwC Advisory LLC
Director, PwC Advisory LLC
Director, PwC Advisory LLC
Daisuke Kimura
Director, PwC Advisory LLC
Karin Baba
Senior Manager, PwC Advisory LLC
