Japan

Liquid Hydrogen

Kawasaki Heavy To Start Liquid Hydrogen Shipments Spring 2021

Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries is aiming to replicate its success as a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker producer with hydrogen, a key element that m…

Thermal Plant

Japanese Paper Mills to Boost Biomass Power Capacity

Japanese paper producers may expand use of biomass fuels at their in-house power generation plants to help achieve the country's 2050 carbon neutrality target.

Nuclear Power Plant

UK and Japan Sign Nuclear Energy Robotics Alliance

The UK and Japan have signed a robotics collaboration to automate nuclear decommissioning and fusion energy production.

Energy Investment

Pattern Energy Secures $515m Financing Fund in Japan

US-based renewable developer Pattern Energy Group has secured a $515m financing fund to invest in Japanese renewable power projects.

Nuclear Equipment

Russian Equipment Accepted for Japan’s JT-60SA Tokamak

Equipment for Japan’s JT-60SA tokamak manufactured by Russia’s DV Efremov Scientific Research Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus passed acceptance tests a…

Hydrogen Project

UAE and Japan to Collaborate on Green Fuel Technologies

Countries to work together on fuel ammonia and carbon recycling

Hydrogen Project

Japan and EU Race to Develop 'Green Hydrogen'

Perennial next-generation energy source must leap production cost hurdles

Wind Farm

Seajacks Scoops Akita Noshiro Turbine Job

Seajacks Japan has been awarded a contract by Kajima Corporation for the transport and installation of MHI Vestas turbines for 139MW Akita Noshiro offshore wind…

Energy Storage Battery

Hard Carbon for a High Energy Sodium Battery

Scientists in Japan demonstrated a hard-carbon electrode that can greatly increase the capacity of a sodium-ion battery.

Nuclear Power Plant

Japanese Industry Leaders Call for Nuclear Restarts

Japan has confirmed its objective to raise the share of nuclear power to 20-22% by 2030, but the process to restart the reactors shut down after the Fukushima D…

Wave Energy

Bombora Mitsui Eye Japanese Wave Opportunities

Mitsui OSK Lines has entered into an agreement with wave energy developer Bombora to identify wave energy potential across Japan.

Nuclear Power Plant

Japan's Carbon Neutrality Dilemma: More Nuclear Power or More Renewables?

With Japan committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2050, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s administration is grappling with key questions over which near-term me…

Crude Oil

Japan Imported 19 million Barrels of Crude Oil from the UAE in November

Japan imported 19 million barrels of crude oil from the UAE in November 2020, accounting for 27.5 percent of Japan's total crude oil imports that month.

Japan

Japan’s Power Prices Hit Record Highs on LNG Shortage

A severe shortage of LNG supplies among Japanese power utilities on the back of an unseasonably cold winter has driven the country's wholesale electricity price…

Hydrogen Project

New Hydrogen Station Opens in Nagoya Odaka, Japan

Air Liquide Japan has opened a hydrogen station in Nagoya Odaka as part of a joint project with Japan H2 Mobility (JHyM).