With limited thermal power capacity to replace out-of-action nuclear power plants, Japan’s companies may find sufficient power supplies hard to come by in the next five summers, according to research by Asahi Shimbun.
While Japan increases its use of renewables in its energy mix, it falls just short of meeting its FY2010 target.
One of Japan’s largest mobile carriers is to build an experimental solar power plant as it aims to boost the country’s renewable energy sector.
Hydrodec and Kobe Eco-Solutions create Pacific Eco Refining Co to tap 1bn-litre oil treatment market in Japan with sights set on the rest of Asia.
Itochu’s Tyr Energy will join the US$500m Gainesville biomass power plant project which is scheduled to bring 100MW online by 2013.
Toshiba Corporation looks at CCS coal-fired power plant at the Maritsa East complex in Bulgaria.
Japan’s electronics manufacturers roll out various initiatives to save power after the start of electricity restrictions today.
Japan’s car industry helps to even out electricity demand as it shifts production from weekdays to weekends.
Unless Japan urgently reviews safety guidelines on nuclear power plants, it will be difficult to avoid the shutdown of its nuclear industry next April, costing the economy a 1.6% cut in growth, according to the Japan Center of Economic Research.
Japan’s Hitachi presents its proposals for investing in Lithuania’s new nuclear power plant.
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