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Hydrogen Production

ITM Power to Provide a 2MW Electrolyser for Japanese Demonstration Project

ITM Power is set to provide a 2MW electrolyser to Sumitomo and Tokyo Gas for a joint hydrogen utilisation demonstration project at the Yokohama Techno Station.

Nuclear waste

Tokyo Electric Power Plans to Start Removing Nuclear Fuel Residues from the Fukushima Daiichi NPP in 2022

Tokyo Electric Power stated that the robot developed by the United Kingdom for taking out nuclear fuel residues from the waste furnace of the Fukushima Daiichi …

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…

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…

Nuclear Power Plant

Another Security Breach at Tepco Nuclear Plant Ncovered

A further case of unauthorized access at a nuclear power plant on the Sea of Japan coast run by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. occurred in 2015, it …

Nuclear Power Plant

Fukushima Daini Decommissioning Plan Approved

Japan's nuclear regulator today approved Tokyo Electric Power Company's decommissioning plan for the four reactors at its Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant, c…

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Sumitomo and Corvus Energy form Maritime ESS Joint Venture

Japanese trading house giant Sumitomo Corporation and Norwegian ESS specialist Corvus Energy have established a Tokyo-based joint venture to sell ESS and provid…

Oil & Gas Trade

Japan Eyes Vietnam for ASEAN Oil-Sharing Deal

Japan is targeting Vietnam for what will be its first oil-sharing deal with a Southeast Asian nation as Tokyo attempts to ensure an uninterrupted supply of petr…

Offshore Wind Power

Tokyo Gas to Install 19 Offshore Wind Turbines in Carbon-Free Push

Tokyo Gas Co will install 19 offshore wind turbines near the eastern Japan coast from 2024 as the government moves toward its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050,…

Hydrogen Project

Japanese Plant Turns Sewage into Clean Hydrogen

Renewable hydrogen systems manufacturer Ways2H and its shareholder Japan Blue Energy have completed a plant in Tokyo that will convert sewage sludge into renewa…

Hydrogen Project

Tokyo Olympic Torch to be Powered by Hydrogen

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch, which began its 121-day relay from Naraha, Fukushima, is being powered by hydrogen in selected legs of the relay meaning there wil…

Nuclear Fuel

Tokyo Electric Completes Nuclear Fuel Removal from Fukushima No. 3 Unit

The No. 3 unit is one of the three reactors that suffered core meltdowns following the earthquake and tsunami disaster on March 11, 2011.

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…

Offshore Wind Power

Tokyo Gas Joins Japanese Offshore Wind JV

Tokyo Gas has joined Northland Power and Shizen Energy's joint venture to develop offshore wind projects off Chiba prefecture, Japan.

Nuclear Power Plant

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant Passes Restart Review

Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority today approved the operational safety programme submitted by Tokyo Electric Power Company for its seven-unit Kashiwazaki-Ka…