secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ENERGY FOCUS, INC/DE (EFOI)
CIK:        0000924168
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-025002
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Energy Focus invests ~$1.1M for 35% stake in Japan energy storage project, targeting >35% IRR
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- Joint investment with Meihodo and Euka Power in Asakura, Fukuoka energy storage plant; grid application response received from Kyushu Electric Power.
- Total project ~500M JPY ($3.13M); EFOI’s 35% share ~175M JPY ($1.1M); expected commercial operation in H2 2026.
- Project aims for >35% IRR via Japan’s balancing market, capacity market, and arbitrage; marks pivot to Energy-as-a-Service platform.
- Plans to replicate model, targeting over 1GW of energy storage and product sales in Asia-Pacific over next five years.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924168/000162828026025002/0001628280-26-025002-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924168/000162828026025002/efoi-20260330.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-025002

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