The 21MW Samsu wind farm in Gangwon-do has started commercial operations. Japanese developer Eurus Energy Group and its partners have started commercial operations at the 21MW Samsu wind farm in South Korea. The project is located in Gangwon-do in a mountainous area with an altitude of more than 1000 metres and comprises five 4.5MW turbines. […]
Etrion Sheds 45-MW Japanese PV Project, More to Follow in Coming Weeks
Solar power producer Etrion Corp (TSE:ETX) said on Monday it has finalised the sale of its 45-MW Niigata solar park project in Japan in a deal with a gross value of JPY 6.3 billion (USD 54.8m/EUR 44.8m). The photovoltaic (PV) park, currently being constructed in Niigata prefecture, was offloaded to a Japanese consortium composed of […]
Japanese Govt Eyes Energy-Saving Public School Buildings
The government is considering a scheme to decarbonize public elementary and junior high school buildings through improvements in heat insulation and generating solar power as part of efforts to achieve its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The government also intends to strengthen the functions […]
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 renewable hydrogen. The green hydrogen will supply fuel cell vehicles and will also be used for power generation. The facility was developed and built in partnership with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Toda […]
Orix installs solar-plus-storage systems on Valor sites in Japan
The dedicated renewables business of Japanese financial services group Orix Corp has installed solar arrays with energy storage components at two stores in Japan owned by local chain Valor Holdings Co Ltd. The two solar plants have a combined capacity of 532 MW and each has a 159-kWh lithium-ion battery system. They were installed at […]
Marubeni to build first Saudi megasolar plant, targets 2023 opening
TOKYO – Japanese trading house Marubeni looks to open a megasolar plant in Saudi Arabia by June 2023, the company’s first solar project in the country and fourth in the Middle East…Read More…
Iberdrola Raises Bet on Japanese Offshore Wind Market
Iberdrola SA added to its growing portfolio of global offshore wind projects with its latest acquisition off the coast of Japan. The Spanish utility will develop the 600-megawatt Seihoku-oki wind farm with Japanese developer Cosmo Eco Power Co Ltd and Hitz engineering, the company said in a statement. It grows Iberdrola’s overall pipeline in Japan […]
In Australia, Japanese start producing hydrogen from brown coal
Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries is running the pilot project with government financial support from both Japan and Australia in the state of Victoria, home to a quarter of the world’s known brown coal reserves MELBOURNE: A Japanese-Australian venture has begun producing hydrogen from brown coal in a A$500 million ($387 million) test project that aims […]
In Australia, Japanese start producing hydrogen from brown coal
MELBOURNE: A Japanese-Australian venture has begun producing hydrogen from brown coal in a A$500 million ($387 million) test project that aims to show liquefied hydrogen can be produced and exported safely to Japan, the project sponsors said on Friday. Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries is running the pilot project with government financial support from both Japan […]
With green energy, Japanese governor wants to take Fukushima out of nuclear shadow
The March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami ravaged northeast Japan and crippled the Dai-ichi nuclear plant. It also triggered widespread opposition to nuclear power, complicating energy policy for resource-poor Japan NAMIE, Japan: A decade after Japan’s devastating nuclear meltdown, the governor of Fukushima hopes the prefecture can step out of the shadow of disaster and […]