NAMIE TOWN, Japan (KABC) : With billions of people watching the Olympics, the host country is using the Games as an opportunity to make a statement. Ten years ago, a massive tsunami barreled toward the Japanese coastline, killing 182 people. The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which sat right on the ocean, was protected by […]
Fukushima Plant Owner Says Atomic Power Needed to Hit Green Goal
Japan’s biggest utility and the owner of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said it needs atomic energy to meet its pledge to cut its carbon dioxide emissions in half by 2030. It will take time to boost capacity of renewable energy, such as offshore wind, which makes nuclear energy indispensable for the company to […]
Japan govt says to withdraw from floating wind turbine project off Fukushima – Kyodo
The government has spent 60 billion yen ($580 million) on the project as a symbol of restoration from the disaster,Kyodo said TOKYO, : Japan’s government said on Wednesday it would withdraw from a floating wind turbine project off of Fukushima prefecture, which was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011, because it was […]
Mitsubishi UFJ switches on 60-MW PV plant in Fukushima
Mitsubishi UFJ switches on 60-MW PV plant in Fukushima..Read More.. Source : renewablesnow
Fukushima Aims To Become 100% Renewable Energy Reliant, Nine Years After Nuclear Disaster
Amid its massive clean-up of one of the worst nuclear disaster in 2011, Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is planning to become renewable energy hub Amid its massive clean-up of one of the worst nuclear disaster in 2011, Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is planning to become a renewable energy hub by 2040, […]
Fukushima Starts $2.7 Billion Renewables Project
Work is set to begin on a $2.7 billion renewable energy project in Japan’s Fukushima, the site of one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters, the Nikkei newspaper said Sunday. The plan is for the wind and solar project to generate and transmit up to 600 megawatts of power, which will be supplied to Tokyo […]
