The director of Ohbayashi (JREF), Mika Ohbayashi , said that the country's utility companies are still at the early stages of learning how to integrate renewable energy, given the difficulties they have had integrating it into Japan 's electricity networks. One utility, Kyushu Electric Power, based on Kyushu, south of the main Japanese island of Honshu, covered as much as 24.6% of electricity demand during the lunchtime of 6 August with PV, amounting to around 3.65GW. the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation said that surveys showed during the end of April this year that solar energy only contributed towards 50% of the country's electricity during peak demand. Despite Honshu 's current difficulties, Ohbayashi explains that reform is on its way following the appointment of a regulator, which will oversee the interconnection between the regional grid networks and the utilities that run them enabled.
The director of Ohbayashi (JREF), Mika Ohbayashi , said that the country's utility companies are still at the early stages of learning how to integrate renewable energy, given the difficulties they have had integrating it into Japan 's electricity networks. the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation said that surveys showed during the end of April this year that solar energy only contributed towards 50% of the country's electricity during peak demand. Despite Honshu 's current difficulties, Ohbayashi explains that reform is on its way following the appointment of a regulator, which will oversee the interconnection between the regional grid networks and the utilities that run them enabled.