Japan

Hydrogen Production

MHI Selected as Licensor of CO2 Capture Technology for Leading Low Carbon Hydrogen Production Project in Cheshire, UK

- CO2 capture technology will be provided to KBR, Ltd., the selected technology provider to EET Hydrogen's HPP2 1,000 MW project in the HyNet CCUS cluster- …

Geothermal Power Plant

Quaise Energy Raises $21M for Tw-Scale 'Deep' Geothermal

Recent core drilling by Quaise lays the groundwork for upcoming field demonstrations of millimeter wave drilling technology. (Photo: Quaise Energy)Quaise Energy…

Offshore Wind Power

Japan to Expand Offshore Wind to Exclusive Economic Zone

A wind turbine is seen as a plane flies during sunset in Tokyo, Japan November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Purchase Licensing RightsJapan's g…

Biofuel

Idemitsu, Qantas and Airbus Back Australia Biofuel Refiner With $19.2 Mln

Idemitsu Kosan's logo is pictured at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan May 21, 2018. Picture taken May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Purchase Licensing Ri…

Offshore Wind Power

SSE's Japan Unit Aims to Develop 6GW Offshore Wind Farms

Dai Karasawa, President of SSE Pacifico K.K., a joint venture of U.K. energy group SSE and Japan's Pacifico Energy, speaks about their plan to develop offsh…

LNG

Japan's Declining Gas Demand Will Leave Utilities With Persistent LNG Oversupply Through 2030

Japan’s LNG buyers are cultivating demand in emerging Asia to offload surplus LNG volumesOnce the largest global importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), …

LNG

Japan Boosts Reliance on Allies Australia, US for Long-Term LNG Supplies

A LNG tanker is seen at the Negishi LNG Terminal, which is jointly operated by Tokyo Gas and JERA, in Yokohama, Japan October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Yuka Obayashi/Fi…

Geothermal Power Plant

Construction Completed for Oguni Geothermal Power Plant, Kumamoto, Japan

Oguni town in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan (source: The original uploader was JohnHarvey at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons)Another geothe…

Hydrogen Production

Mitsui Performs World-First Hydrogen Test on Adapted Me-Gi Gas Engine

Mitsui E&S used a MAN B&W 2-stroke gas injection engine to achieve the first demonstration of hydrogen combustion (Mitsui E&S)Japan’s Mitsui E&S is report…

Nuclear Reactor

Japan Court Rejects Bid to Halt Active Shikoku Nuclear Reactor, Nhk Reports

Shikoku Electric Power's Ikata nuclear plant is pictured near the water in Ikata, Japan, October 2, 2018. Picture taken October 2, 2018. REUTERS/Mari Saito/…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

UK Government Buys Wylfa and Oldbury Nuclear Sites From Hitachi

An agreement to buy the Hitachi-owned sites for new nuclear at Wylfa in north Wales and Oldbury-on-Severn in southwest England has been reached for GBP160 milli…

EV Market

Canadian Lithium Project Gets Mitsubishi Investment

Lithium, lithium, lithium — that’s what much of the electric vehicle revolution is about now. Dramatic electric vehicle sales growth is built on dramatic…

Nuclear waste

China calls for strengthening int'l supervision over Fukushima nuclear wastewater discharge

This photo taken on March 6, 2023 shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Futabacho, Futabagun of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. [Photo/Xinhua]A Chines…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Grossi Hopes Nuclear Summit Can Agree New Financing Mechanisms

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi says one aim of the forthcoming Nuclear Energy Summit for heads of state is to see wha…

Renewable Energy

Japan's J-Power Makes Bid for Australian Renewables Firm Genex

A J-Power power fossil fuel power plant: The Japanese power company is stepping up its overseas acquisitions as renewable power takes off.Japan's Electric Power…