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Nippon Chikudenchi to build grid-scale battery storage station in Shirakawa, Fukushima

Nippon Chikudenchi Co., Ltd.Shirakawa, FukushimaPublished Jul 27, 2026

InvestmentNot disclosed

PhasePlanned

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Nippon Chikudenchi Co., Ltd. signed a disaster-response agreement with Shirakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture, under which a grid-connected battery storage station it is installing in the city will supply emergency power during disasters. The facility has a planned rated capacity of about 8MWh (8,146kWh), enough to supply roughly 470 households for 72 hours in an emergency; the company plans to bring 70 such storage sites online nationwide by 2028.

Project facts

Owner: Nippon Chikudenchi Co., Ltd.
Facility: Power plant
Sector: Power & energy
Location: Shirakawa, Fukushima, Japan
Investment: Not disclosed
Scale / capacity: approx. 8 MWh (8,146 kWh) rated capacity
Announced: Jul 27, 2026
Themes: renewable-energy, power-grid

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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