Tag: japan
Offshore Wind Farms in Japan Turn Viable with New Law
Japan's offshore wind farm market is set to gain momentum, with legal safeguards and subsidies helping to draw domestic [...]
Why Japan is Rethinking its Energy Diplomacy
The Japanese government has been warned that its pro-coal policies are creating a “bottleneck” in international climate talks — [...]
Clear Message Needed to Boost Renewable Energy in Japan
The draft of the government’s new Basic Energy Plan, compiled by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for [...]
Post-Fukushima Japan Chooses Coal Over Renewable Energy
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pushing Japan’s coal industry to expand sales at home and abroad, undermining hopes among environmentalists [...]
Japan Lifts the Gloom of 2013 Clean-Tech Investment Slump
Japan was one of the few countries to buck a trend that saw a 12% fall in global renewable [...]
In Japan, New Policy Spurs Solar Power Boom
Across Japan, technology firms and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest [...]
Japan’s Feed-In-Tariff System for Clean Energy Mired in Regulations
The nuclear disaster in Japan two years ago ignited a push to develop a new and clean energy industry, [...]
Developers rush to be Japan’s first new renewable players
On June 18, 2012, Yukio Edano, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) accepted the recommendation of an [...]
Japan’s Feed-in-Tariff energy system under way
Japan has taken its first step in spreading the use of renewable energy with Sunday’s start of a feed-in [...]
Japan panel head eyes incentive seen boosting solar power
The head of a Japanese panel suggested on Wednesday that utilities pay 52 cents per kilowatt-hour (kwh) for solar [...]