JERA Cross signed a virtual PPA with Google, agreeing to supply the technology company with non-fossil certificates (NFCs) from 15MWAC of solar power plants to be developed by West Holdings, its parent JERA announced on September 24, 2025.
According to the statement, the deal was signed on August 20, 2025, and is expected to come online by March 2027. Google will use the procured NFCs to offset the emissions of its data center in Inzai City, Chiba Prefecture. JERA Cross will sell the power in the wholesale market. No further details about the PPA were disclosed, but The Nikkei reported the tenor to be 20 years.
Japan Energy Hub’s database shows the agreement follows Google’s virtual PPAs with Clean Energy Connect for a 40MWAC/72MWDC portfolio of about 800 low-voltage solar power plants across Japan expected to come online by May 2028 and with Shizen Energy for a 20MWAC/30MWDC project in the Tokyo TSO area targeted for commissioning by 2027.
When announcing the two PPAs in May 2024, Google said it plans to invest about $690 million in sustainable infrastructure in Japan.
Other global technology companies that signed PPAs in Japan include Amazon, which committed to offtaking the output of over 100MW of solar and wind power plants developed by several companies and Microsoft, which signed a virtual agreement with Shizen Energy for a 25MWAC/31MWDC solar project in Aichi Prefecture.
