Japan

Nuclear Reactor

UK/Japan Partnership Look to License HTGR in the UK

Penultimate Power has teamed up with the Japanese Atomic Energy Agency with the goal of building a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor in the UK by 2029.

Nuclear Power Plant

Something in the Water: Controversy Courts the Fukushima Clean-up

The Japanese government has announced plans to release more than a million tonnes of water from the Fukushima site into the sea.

Wind Power Project

Japan Looks To Become Leader In Wind Energy

Japan has notoriously been dependent on energy imports, being the world’s fifth-largest crude importer and second-largest LNG importer.

Gas Turbine

Japan’s KHI Builds Hydrogen-Gas Power Unit

Japanese engineering firm Kawasaki Heavy Industries is building a small-scale power generation unit for domestic refiner Seibu Oil co-fired by hydrogen and rega…

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

Japan Targets 1,000 Hydrogen Stations by End of Decade

Move part of plan to make green vehicles more convenient in carbon neutral push

Nuclear Power Plant

NuScale Signs Agreements at Home and Abroad

Japanese heavy-industry engineering and manufacturing company IHI Corporation is to invest in small modular reactor developer NuScale Power and become a strateg…

Nuclear waste

Japan's TEPCO to Divert 30,000 tons of Fukushima Wastewater Ahead of Release

Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company will divert 30,000 tons of nuclear polluted water at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to measure radioactive substance…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Toyota Gives Hydrogen Car Successful Debut in Fuji 24 Hours

Toyota has said it wants to use motorsport to promote hydrogen as a viable alternative to electric cars following a successful debut for its hydrogen-powered Co…

Tidal Energy

Simec Atlantis Japanese Tidal Plant Passes Local Test

Simec Atlantis Energy's tidal power generation facility in Naru Island, Japan, has passed the Japanese government’s pre-use inspection tests.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Japan Power Firm JERA to Test Ammonia Fuel at Coal-Fired Plant to Cut CO2

Power generation company JERA Co. said Monday it will start using ammonia as a fuel at a coal-fired power plant in central Japan as part of a four-year test pro…

Solar Cell

Panasonic Launches 380 W Heterojunction Solar Module Compatible with Its Evervolt Battery

The new module series has a power output ranging from 370 to 380 W, a temperature coefficient of -0.26% per degree Celsius, and an efficiency of up to 21.7%.

Energy Security

Weak Security Found at TEPCO’s Fukushima No. 2 Nuclear Plant

Inadequate anti-terrorism measures were discovered at another nuclear power station operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co., its No. 2 plant in Fukushima Prefectur…

Wind Power Project

Trungnam Group Sells Stake in Wind Power Plant

The Trungnam Group has sold a 35.1 percent stake in its central Vietnam wind power plant to Japanese energy investor Hitachi Sustainable Energy

Nuclear Power Plant

June Date Set for Mihama Restart

Kansai Electric Power Co has announced plans to restart Mihama unit 3 in June.

Hydrogen Project

Yara And JERA Sign Green Ammonia MoU

Yara International ASA, a leading global ammonia player and JERA Co., Inc, Japan’s largest power generation company, have signed a MoU to collaborate on the pr…