Japan

Hydrogen Project

Japanese Players Launch Green Hydrogen JV

CMB, ITOCHU and Nippon Coke & Engineering Company are to start a company focusing on local hydrogen production for consumption on the northern island of Kyushu,…

Energy Security

Increased Rate of Water Leakage at Fukushima Reactors

A drop in the water levels in the reactor containment vessels of units 1 and 3 at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan has been detected, Tokyo Electric Power C…

Electric Vehicle Battery

New Electrode Material for Solid-State Batteries Improves Performance

A research team from Japan has recently developed a novel electrode material for all-solid-state batteries by combining lithium sulfate and lithium ruthenate, w…

Wind Turbine

Philippines to Install Its First Stormy Wind Turbine

Japanese wind energy startup Challenger plans to bring its first Typhoon Proof turbine this year, aiming for sales to remote islands such as the Philippines and…

Energy Security

Several Thermal Power Plants Restarting in Japan After Quake Shutdowns

Several thermal power plants in northeastern Japan are being restarted after shutdowns from a magnitude 7.3 earthquake offshore Fukushima on Feb.

Nuclear Power Plant

Earthquake Strikes Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture

Japan suffered a powerful earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale on 13 February, with the Fukushima Prefecture being one of the most affected by the trem…

Coal Trade

Japan Coal Imports Hit 13-Month High

Japan's coal imports hit a 13-month high last month, but although coal-to-gas switching economics should support coal consumption in the first half of 2021, ret…

Energy Storage Battery

Japanese Space Rocket Launch Pad to be Fitted with Megawatt-Scale Sodium Sulfur Battery Storage

A rocket and space vehicle launch station of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will be equipped with NGK Insulators’ sodium sulfur battery storage to help…

Hydrogen Project

Australian State Teams up with Japan's IHI to Study Green Hydrogen Production

The Australian state of Queensland will work with Japan’s IHI Corp to look into building a demonstration plant to produce hydrogen using solar power as part of…

Japan

Japan Needs Nuclear Power, Says Energy Minister

Japan's energy minister has said he considers nuclear energy "indispensable" if the country is to meet its target of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.…

Solar Power Panel

Japan's Panasonic to Scrap Solar Cell Production

Electronics giant Panasonic Corp. has decided to scrap its unprofitable solar cell manufacturing operations amid ever-increasing price competition.

Net Zero Emission

Japan’s Inpex Mulls Hydrogen Business Expansion

Japanese upstream firm Inpex plans to enhance its hydrogen business to achieve a 2050 net-zero carbon emissions goal by utilising carbon dioxide capture, utilis…

Net Zero Emission

Japan Energy Firm Inpex Sets 2050 net Zero Emission Goal

The move comes after Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged to make Japan carbon-neutral by 2050 and with global oil and gas companies shifting away fro…

Solar Cell

Mini Perovskite Solar Module with 14.55% Efficiency

The 5x5cm device was developed by a Japanese research group.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle Parts Manufacturing Intensifies at Toyota Motor

The automaker is boosting the development and production of the components of its H2 cars.