Japanese renewable energy developer Renova's electricity sales rose in March from a year earlier, according to data published by the company on 11 April.
Renova sold around 256GWh of renewable electricity in March, including solar, biomass, and geothermal. This is up by around 26pc from the same month in 2024. Electricity sales generated by biomass-fired power plants totalled around 222GWh in March.
Ronova's biomass-fired power capacity was 395GW with six plants at the end of March. The company sells electricity from the 75MW Sendai Gamo plant, the 75MW Kanda plant, the 75GW Omaezaki Kou plant, and the 75MW Tokushima Tsuda plant under Japan's feed in tariff (FiT) scheme. Electricity generated by the 75MW Ishinomaki Hibarino plant and the 21MW Akita plant is sold under the county's feed in premium (FiP) scheme, based on long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs).
Renova delayed the start-up of the 50MW Karatsu plant in southern Japan's Saga prefecture, which is expected to generate up to 350GWh/yr of electricity, from March to September 2025 because of technical issues. The plant will sell electricity under the FiP scheme based on a long-term PPA with its client from the beginning of commercial operations, according to the company.
| Renova's biomass-fired electricity sales in March 2025 | |||
| Capacity (MW) | Electricity sales (GWh) | Start of operations | |
| Akita | 21 | 13 | Jul-16 |
| Ishinomaki Hibarino | 75 | 37 | Mar-24 |
| Sendai Gamo | 75 | 51 | Nov-23 |
| Tokushima Tsuda | 75 | 41 | Dec-23 |
| Omaezaki Kou | 75 | 30 | Jan-25 |
| Kanda | 75 | 50 | Jun-21 |
| Total | 395 | 222 | |
| Source : Renova | |||
