Japan

Wind Turbine

How Do Floating Wind Turbines Work?

Once the water gets deeper than an 18-story building, building wind turbines from the ground up is no longer an option.Nicholas Doherty / UnsplashNorthern Calif…

Ammonia

Ammonia Storage Barge Design Wins Approval

First such approval for that type of vessel, ClassNK saysThe design for an ammonia floating storage and regasification barge has won Approval in Principle (AiP)…

Geothermal Power Plant

Inpex Acquires Stake in Rajabasa Geothermal Project, Indonesia

Bandar Lampung City, Indonesia (source: eVANDOphotography / flickr, Creative Commons)Japanese INPEX has acquired stake in the Rajabasa geothermal project, the l…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

What Makes Toyota’s Hydrogen Combustion Engine Special?

The automaker has already rolled out a fuel cell car, but now it’s also working on using H2 in a new way.Toyota has been developing a new vehicle with a hydrog…

Nuclear waste

Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant Completion Delayed Again

The Rokkasho reprocessing plant (Image: JNFL)JNFL said it decided to revise the completion date of plant due to the ongoing conformity review for Design and Con…

Nuclear Fuel

More Delays for Japan’s Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant

The completion of Japan’s nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Aomori Prefecture will be delayed by two years, according to senior officials with Japan Nucl…

Energy Storage Project

Battery storage projects from RWE and Hitachi Energy in Germany, Switzerland & Dutch Developer Deal

RWE commissions solar-plus-storage system at lignite mine in NRWMultinational energy firm RWE has commissioned a solar-plus-storage project at its Inden lignite…

Solar Power Plant

Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture Curtails Solar Generation for First Time

Japan’s Okinawa Electric Power Co. has introduced PV curtailment measures in response to high solar radiation levels and low energy demand.Image: AV Solar…

Solar Cell

A Closer Look at Potential-Induced Degradation in Solar Cells

UK scientists have examined the impacts of potential-induced degradation (PID) in solar cells and modules, based on a field study from a 1.2 MW PV system in Spa…

Electric Car

The Electric Car Year In Preview: 2023

Sony Vision S 02 and Vision S 01 concepts. Image courtesy of Sony.Is 2023 the year of the electric car? Multiple experts think it is. Here at CleanTechnica we a…

Wind Power Project

Japan Begins Soliciting Bids for 4 Offshore Wind Power Projects

The government on Wednesday began soliciting companies to operate offshore wind power generation projects in four designated areas around the country.Several do…

Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Plant Faces New 2-Year Delay

Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd.’s nuclear fuel reprocessing plant under construction in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, in 2018 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)The complet…

Nuclear Power Plant

Japan Must Clearly Explain Its Energy Policy Switch

Distrust of nuclear power remains strong after Fukushima disasterLast week, Japan unveiled its basic policy for pursuing a carbon-neutral society. In it, Tokyo …

LNG

Japan Inks LNG Deals With US, Oman in Bid to Secure Fuel Supply

A worker walks under pipelines at Jera Co.'s liquefied natural gas (LNG) fired power plant inside the company's Anegasaki Thurmal Power Station in Ichih…

Oil Exploration

Oil Explorer Inpex to Merge Tokyo Trading Unit Into Singapore Desk

TOKYO, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Japanese oil and gas explorer Inpex Corp (1605.T) plans to absorb its separate Tokyo trading business into the company in April 2024, …