In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): South Korea: net zero by 2050 In July, as Electrek reported, South Korea announced a plan to spend $95 billion to help its economy recover from the pandemic and create jobs. The plan set a goal of net zero by 2050, an end to funding of overseas coal […]
For the world’s fifth-biggest emitter, reining in emissions from utilities that contribute about 4/5ths of carbon dioxide output is key to achieving the deadline set by its new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga TOKYO: Japan is not considering building new nuclear power plants to help it become carbon-free by 2050, the government’s top spokesman said on […]
Japan is to accelerate research and development of next generation solar technologies as part of a bid to establish a net zero economy by 2050. Speaking yesterday (26 October 2020), Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga – elected in September following the resignation of Shinzo Abe – unveiled a significant shift in national policy by establishing […]
Japan, which is a signatory to the Paris climate change agreement, was the sixth-biggest contributor to global greenhouse emissions in 2017. TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday set a 2050 deadline for the world’s third-largest economy to become carbon neutral, significantly firming up the country’s climate change commitments. Delivering his first policy address […]
The new target will be announced by Suga when he makes his first address to parliament on Monday, after taking office last month, the Nikkei reported earlier this week Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is set to bind Japan to a target for carbon neutrality by 2050, a shift in stance that will bring the country […]
October 15 : Independent power producer (IPP) Sonnedix Power Holdings Ltd, through its Japanese unit, has finalised the acquisition of a 14-MW solar farm in the Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan. Sonnedix Japan K.K. bought the plant from X-Elio, a Spain-based global solar developer run 50/50 by KKR & Co Inc (NYSE:KKR) and Brookfield Renewable Partners LP […]
In its last review in 2018, Japan kept its targeted mix of power sources for 2030 in line with goals set three years earlier, with renewables accounting for 22-24 per cent, nuclear 20-22 per cent, and fossil fuels 56 per cent TOKYO : Japan on Tuesday launched its latest three-yearly energy policy review, with the […]