There’s a wonderful song by Ryuichi Sakamoto called, “energy flow”. Listening to the song is always gives nice sense of solitude and refinement particularly in the night of full moon (excuse one’s personal perception).
This time is not about the song. It is about an energy in electricity resource. As notable that today’s global energy crisis especially since Ukraine and Russia war. Europe seem more settled with their energy supplies since they risk hedge the resources by utilizing and investing more natural resources instead of relying on Russia for gas and oil resources which had an impact on energy consumption.
Japanese electronic consumption rates both commercial and domestic usages have increased dramatically since June 2023. Minimum average price increase 30% and it seems suffocating for this summer season especially in small businesses and households although since April 2016 (2016), electricity retailing has been fully liberalized, allowing all consumers, including households and shops, to freely choose their electricity supplier and price menu. In other words, they are now free to choose electricity sellers and services that suit their lifestyle and values (depends on the area where you located).
What is notable market move ? Commercial properties such as accommodations and offices especially in operations tagged with electronic companies to provide more reasonable and circular concepts to present lifestyle and clean philosophy through events for example. An asset management companies are building their own energy systems to provide their own portfolio to have less impact on running costs and more valuable assets they become. It seems like a trend in the market for last few years and accelerating more this year over Japan. Likely rest of eco conscious countries are ahead of this type of movements. Not only for electricity but also to build from recycled materials and operate more efficient to make less impact in services to make run in longer term. Build services by community so called share economies so that every consumer have an awareness.
To individuals : What do you do to maintain your energy resource to flow ? That’s the question pops up on many of our minds. Various methods and ideas we all have…for example as a small task to setup the mini solar system or even have the small solar charger for your gadgets which we use majority of day apart from reviewing own contract and be-eco-conscious to minimize use the electricity…Earth quake country like Japan has learned harsh lessons about the energy system in the past of 311 and since this current minor crisis, it is obvious that we address and coherent with energy to circulate, flow through after the liberation of the electricity retailing.
Towards the very end of intense high humid summer season, air conditioner was much necessity to have for health concerns meantime you wonder how much cost it would be and how we going to survive upcoming winter season with minimum yet flow and share kindly. It sounds practical and mundane yet fundamentally is a matter of the heart. Metaphorical it is. From a trend standpoint.
