Construction of "Battery Station Isahaya," the Third Project of the Joint Venture between JR Kyushu and the Sumitomo Corporation Group, to commence in Isahaya City, Nagasaki Prefecture

Japan, Oct. 27 -- Battery Station Kyushu LLC, jointly established by Kyushu Railway Company (Head Office: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture; President & Chief Executive Officer: Yoji Furumiya; hereinafter "JR Kyushu"), Sumitomo Corporation (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President & Chief Executive Officer: Shingo Ueno), and Sumitomo Corporation Kyushu Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture; President & Chief Executive Officer: Tadao Saida; hereinafter "Sumitomo Corporation Kyushu"), began preparatory work in October 2026 for the construction of its third project, the grid-scale battery energy storage facility "Battery Station Isahaya," in Isahaya City, Nagasaki Prefecture, with operations schedule...