Power Grids Achieving Carbon Neutrality With a Reduced Labor Force: Energy Management and Automation Systems Cooperation

In Japan, the population has begun to decline, with an estimated population of 97 million predicted for 2050, namely 31 million lower than in 2010. This estimation suggests that the electric power industry will suffer a severe labor shortage. Conversely, the government of Japan has declared that Japan will achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. This will depend on the electric power industry building future power grids that accelerate the deployment of renewable energy power generation and further streamline how energy is used. These two major factors would compel the electric power industry to introduce advanced energy management and automation systems that will need to be able to cooperate seamlessly with each other, without exception.