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MK Taxi installs Japan's first vanadium-ion battery energy storage system at Kyoto HQ

MK Co., Ltd.Kyoto, KyotoPublished Jul 21, 2026

InvestmentNot disclosed

PhaseCompleted

Start—

CompletionJul 16, 2026

MK Group's taxi operator MK Co. installed Standard Energy's vanadium-ion battery energy storage system (VIB ESS) at its Kyoto headquarters garage to support EV rapid-charging infrastructure, marking the technology's first deployment in Japan. The system, supplied by South Korea's Standard Energy and distributed via LB Hunet with support from Mitsubishi Corp's Korea unit, will undergo a one-year demonstration from July 2026 before a decision on full-scale rollout, aiming to reduce peak electricity demand charges as MK expands its EV taxi fleet toward full ZEV conversion by 2030.

Project facts

Owner: MK Co., Ltd.
Facility: Power plant
Sector: Power & energy
Location: Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Investment: Not disclosed
Scale / capacity: 75kWh storage capacity; 150kW max charging output
Equipment / vendor: Standard Energy
Completion: Jul 16, 2026
Announced: Jul 21, 2026
Themes: EV-battery, power-grid, renewable-energy

Figures and schedules are as announced by the company or the public body concerned; plans can change. Amounts that were not disclosed are recorded as not disclosed, never estimated.

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