Bluefield Energy to Provide Aggregation Services for Senko Corporation's Solar Power Plants

Bluefield Energy Inc. (Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Takafumi Shimada, hereinafter "Bluefield Energy"), which aims to reform structural inefficiencies in decentralized energy generation and retail through technology, announces that it has started providing operational support and aggregation services for solar power plants. This includes support for transitioning from the FIT system to the FIP system, targeting agrivoltaic power plants owned and operated by Senko Corporation (Headquarters: Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture, hereinafter "Senko Corporation") in Ibaraki and Gunma prefectures.

Background of Service Provision

To achieve the 2030 energy mix, further expansion of renewable energy (hereinafter "renewables") is required. Meanwhile, stabilizing revenue and maximizing the value of renewables have become increasingly important management issues for power generators due to increased output curtailments and fluctuations in power market prices. Under these circumstances, transitioning from the FIT system to the FIP system (*1) is gaining attention as an option to expand revenue opportunities for solar power plants and utilize renewables over the long term. However, after the FIP transition, new practical operations arise that were not present in traditional FIT operations, such as managing planned and actual power generation volumes, handling imbalance, market trading, and various settlements.

Therefore, in the operation of solar power plants utilizing the FIP system, the importance of specialized services that integrate regulatory compliance with daily operational support is increasing. Particularly in complex projects like agrivoltaics, specialized responses in both system understanding and practical operation are crucial.

*1 FIP (Feed-in Premium) System: A system aimed at market integration of renewables, supporting renewable power sources by adding a certain premium to the market price. Introduced in Japan in April 2022. (Source: Agency for Natural Resources and Energy "Explanation of the FIP System" https://www.enecho.meti.go.jp/category/saving_and_new/saiene/fit_fip/fip.html)

Overview of This Implementation

This service targets the agrivoltaic power plants owned and operated by Senko Corporation in Ibaraki and Gunma prefectures. It provides end-to-end support for various procedures related to the transition from FIT to FIP, as well as post-transition power generation planning, market trading, imbalance handling, and various settlements.

By supporting the regulatory responses necessary for the FIP transition and the subsequent daily operational practices, Bluefield Energy will help reduce the operational burden on Senko Corporation and support the continuous operation of its solar power plants.

<Target Overview>

Power Generator: Senko Corporation

Location Area: Ibaraki and Gunma Prefectures

Power Plant Type: Agrivoltaic Power Plant

Services Provided: Support for transitioning from FIT to FIP, formulation of power generation plans and market trading operations, imbalance settlement, handling generator-side charging settlements, visualization of power generation status and sales revenue

Scheduled Service Start: July 2026

Future Outlook

Bluefield Energy will continue to contribute to broadening the base of FIP utilization and the stable operation of renewables by providing operational support and aggregation services tailored to the diverse needs of solar power plant owners.

Comment from Bluefield Energy: Representative Director Takafumi Shimada

We are deeply honored that Senko Corporation, which has been developing comprehensive renewable energy businesses nationwide, has adopted our service. Through this service, we will continue to support power generators so that they can proceed with smooth operations while keeping the burden associated with institutional changes in check.

Taking this adoption as an opportunity, we will strive to expand our services to deliver practical operational support to even more solar power generation businesses.