Japan

May 28, 2021 0

Accelerating Renewables in Asian Cities: Opportunities for Cleaner Air

The COVID-19 lockdown has given a glimpse of a clean air future for many people – also in Asia. In cities 100 km away from the Himalayas, the towering mountains […]

May 22, 2021 0

Iberdrola and Mitsubishi Power partner for renewable technologies

With nearly 35,000MW installed capacity, Iberdrola already has more than 20 years of experience in renewable energy. Source: Iberdola Mitsubishi Power and Iberdrola leaders have signed the co-operation agreement to […]

May 19, 2021 0

Ørsted forms alliance for Japanese offshore wind

Ørsted, Japan Wind Development Company (JWD) and Eurus Energy have formed a partnership to develop two offshore wind projects in Japan’s Akita prefecture under the government’s forthcoming offshore wind auction […]

March 6, 2021 0

Waning support for nuclear power 10 years after Fukushima

Author: Florentine Koppenborg, Technical University of Munich Ten years after the world watched the explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Japan’s pro-nuclear advocates have lost policy implementation power. […]

February 6, 2021 0

Japanese trading firms rethinking fossil fuel investments as global decarbonization push grows

Reuters: Japanese trading houses are speeding up their efforts to shift away from coal and other fossil fuel assets amid a growing decarbonisation push worldwide and to match an ambitious […]

November 13, 2020 0

Green hydrogen, Holy Grail for long-term energy storage, getting supermajors’ attention

Using renewable electricity to convert water to hydrogen fuel is one answer for the energy storage needed for solar and wind power to reach their full potential. As […]

November 11, 2020 0

Toshiba to produce ‘state of the art’ wind turbine

Toshiba is planning to develop a “state of the art” wind turbine as part of its move away from coal and into renewable energy. The Japanese industrial giant has vowed […]

October 28, 2020 0

Japan’s Carbon-Neutrality Pledge a Fundamental Shift on Coal Power

Japan, an island nation that is currently heavily reliant on coal and gas power, will be carbon neutral in 2040, the country’s newly appointed prime minister Yoshihide Suga pledged in […]

October 15, 2020 0

GE to supply 327MW for one of India’s largest wind farms

GE Renewable Energy will supply 121 of its 2.7-132 turbines for a 327MW wind farm in Madhya Pradesh, central India. SB Energy’s Pritam Nagar project is one of the largest […]

August 21, 2020 0

People power wins over coal funders

People power has once again shown that it is possible to stop the world’s biggest bankrollers of climate change. The massive online protests that you joined together with many others […]