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Japan, Germany and CEE: Opportunities in CEE for Japanese companies based in Germany. An Executive Briefing for top Japanese management of Japanese companies based in Germany. The city of Dusseldorf has the highest concentration of Japanese businesses based in Europe. Many Japanese companies in western Europe (Germany, France, UK) are considering expansion options into Central Eastern Europe, attracted by the combination of lower-costs, high-quality human resources, improving infrastructure, and convenient access to EU markets. (Full Details)

Hitachi. The first hybrid battery storage project in Poland is being built in cooperation with Hitachi and the Polish transmission system operator, PSE, on a site close to Energa’s 24-MW Bystra wind farm in Pruszcz Gdansk, Pomerania. The Bystra storage project, which will house batteries in a 1,200 square meter warehouse with a target capacity of 6 MW (27 MWh), is currently in its final stages and the investment will be launched by the end of 2019.

The V4 Should Look To Japan, Not China. The Visegard countries should pay more attention improving relations with Japan, a democratic and reliable partner, and whose trade deal with the EU has meteoric potential with the combined markets accounting for a third of the world’s GDP. (Full Story)