Renewable Energy
March 3, 2004
Renewable Energy
PanaHome Launches Homes Featuring Solar Power and Rooftop Greenery
PanaHome Corp. (a leading Japanese housing manufacturer and corporate member of ...
March 1, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Mitsubishi Electric to Expand Photovoltaic Production Capacity
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. of Japan announced on December 16, 2003, that it will ...
February 24, 2004
Renewable Energy
MOE Conditionally Approves Wind Turbines in National Parks
An advisory panel of the Japanese Ministry of the Environment (MOE) decided to s...
February 22, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Compact Windpower Generator a Big Hit
A compact windpower generator developed by Shinko Electric Co. has been drawing ...
February 19, 2004
Water
Yamagata Prefecture Sets Up Bio-Toilets
The Mogami Area General Branch Administration of Yamagata Prefecture has install...
February 9, 2004
Renewable Energy
Matsushita Ecology Systems to Market Wind and Solar-Powered Streetlights
Matsushita Ecology Systems Co. introduced three models of streetlights named "Ka...
February 7, 2004
Renewable Energy
JFS Office Now Wind-Powered!
Japan for Sustainability (JFS) started using wind power for all the energy requi...
February 2, 2004
Renewable Energy
Shiga Prefecture Residents Asked to Invest in Solar Power Facility
The Omi Environmental Conservation Foundation, a government affiliated organizat...
January 26, 2004
Renewable Energy
Japan's First Offshore Wind Turbines on Trial Run
Japan's first offshore wind turbines have started trial operations in Setana, a ...
January 17, 2004
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Sony EMCS Installs 'Eco-Friendly' Solar Power System
Sony EMCS Corporation installed a photovoltaic (PV) system to generate electrici...
January 8, 2004
Eco-business / Social Venture
Sharp Corp. to Produce Solar Cell Modules in Europe
Sharp Corporation, world's leading manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) modules, wi...
December 27, 2003
Renewable Energy
Funds for Windmill Construction Provided by Citizens
Green Energy Aomori, a non-profit organization in northern Japan, finished accep...
December 23, 2003
Renewable Energy
Shinjo City Tests Bioethanol Fuel in Official Cars
Shinjo City in Yamagata Prefecture, an agricultural area located in northeastern...
December 15, 2003
Renewable Energy
Ban Lifted on Sale of Ethanol-Blended Gasoline - Industry Reacts
A ban on the sale of gasoline blended with up to three percent bioenthanol was o...
December 12, 2003
Renewable Energy
Making Biodiesel Fuel from Sunflower Oil
A new system to make diesel fuel from sunflower oil is being developed by Profes...
December 7, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Innovative Wood and Pellet Stoves Developed
Ishimura Industry Co. in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, announced that it has develope...
November 15, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Light, Flexible Solar Cell Developed
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) announced on September 16, 2003, that it has started samp...
November 13, 2003
Renewable Energy
Geothermal Energy in Japan
Japan's first full-fledged practical geothermal generation started in 1966 at th...
November 10, 2003
Renewable Energy
12 Geothermal Projects Win Subsidies in Japan
On August 26, 2003, Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Org...
November 8, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
New Development in Sendai to Create Hydrogen from Sewage Sludge
Sendai City and Tohoku University in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, jointly started t...
November 4, 2003
Transportation / Mobility
Used Cooking Oil Recycled as Bio-diesel Fuel
RCS is an incorporated nonprofit organization located in Kyoto, Japan, that aims...
October 31, 2003
Renewable Energy
Fuel-Cell Bus Makes Test Runs
On 28 August 2003, Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport starte...
October 16, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Garbage-Fueled Power Plant Explodes
Two explosions occurred on August 14 and 19, 2003, in a refuse-derived fuel (RDF...
October 5, 2003
Renewable Energy
Untreated Wastewater Heating and Cooling System Serves Community in Tokyo
The Koraku Pumping Station, managed by Tokyo's Bureau of Sewage, is equipped wit...
September 27, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Thermal Power Generation from Sewage Sludge
Japan's Electric Power Development Co., known as J-POWER, plans to start carryin...
September 27, 2003
Renewable Energy
Saga University Launches New Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Lab to Promote Practical Application
On June 14, 2003, Saga University's Institute of Ocean Energy (IOES) opened a ne...
September 27, 2003
Renewable Energy
Japan's First Offshore Wind Turbines
Japan's first offshore wind turbines are under construction in Setana, Hokkaido....
September 27, 2003
Renewable Energy
Ricoh' 'Depending on the Weather' Neon Sign
Ricoh Co., Ltd. has set up a neon sign which works entirely on natural energy, i...
September 27, 2003
Renewable Energy
Honeycomb-like Wind Power Generator in Okayama
In Otomeyama Park in the town of Kagamino-cho, Okayama Prefecture (southern Japa...
September 27, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
NEC Unveils Notebook PC with Built-in Fuel Cell
On 30 June, 2003, the NEC Corporation demonstrated a prototype notebook PC that ...
September 27, 2003
Renewable Energy
Fuel Cell to be Tested for Home Use
The New Energy Foundation, an organization affiliated with Japan's Ministry of E...
September 27, 2003
Renewable Energy
Kyoto Experiments with Eco-Energy Electricity Supply
Japan's Kyoto Prefecture has launched the Kyoto Eco-energy Project, a pilot proj...
September 27, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Ultra Thin Solar Panels for Rooftops of Existing Houses
On August 1, 2003, as one of its series of "Sunbest" photovoltaic (PV) systems, ...
September 27, 2003
Renewable Energy
Environment Ministry Studying Wind Turbine Installation in National Parks
Japan's Ministry of the Environment established an advisory panel on August 1, 2...
August 16, 2003
Renewable Energy
Prefecture Seeking Ideas and People to Fight Global Warming
Nagano Prefecture in Japan has formulated a prefectural Plan to Reduce Global Wa...
August 16, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Electric Utility Planning to Sell Steam
Japan's Chugoku Electric Power Co. announced on June 13, 2003, that it would sel...
August 14, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Power Generation Tests with Wood Biomass
Shikoku Electric Power Co. in western Japan has conducted tests to generate elec...
August 13, 2003
Renewable Energy
Transparent Ultraviolet Solar Cell Developed
Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) ...
August 11, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Idemitsu to Begin World's First Tests of Kerosene-Fueled Fuel Cell
Japan's Idemitsu Kosan Co. announced that it will begin feasibility tests in lat...
August 6, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Low-Cost Windpower Generators Run on a Breeze
Shinko Electric Co. has developed a small, low-cost windpower generator for resi...
August 3, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Rubber Wood Biomass Project in Thailand Approved as CDM Project
A project to generate electricity in Thailand using biomass (in this case, scrap...
July 29, 2003
Renewable Energy
First Liquid Hydrogen Refueling Station Opens in Tokyo
A hydrogen refueling station for fuel cell vehicles was inaugurated at Ariake in...
July 16, 2003
Education
Eco-Friendly School Building Makes Debut in Mishima
A new school building of Nishikida Municipal Elementary School has been complete...
July 11, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
MHI Develops World's Smallest Home Fuel Cell
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI), one of Japan's leading heavy machinery m...
July 10, 2003
Renewable Energy
Solar Power Network Launches in Japan
On May 24, 2003, a solar power producers' network was established by representat...
June 26, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Toyota Recalls Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicles
On May 19, 2003, Toyota Motor Corp. announced that it would recall all of the si...
June 20, 2003
Renewable Energy
Japan's First JI and CDM Projects Approved
On December 12, 2002, two projects were approved by Japan's Liaison Committee fo...
June 18, 2003
Eco-business / Social Venture
Breakthrough in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO) and Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, ...
June 16, 2003
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
MOE Embarks on Fuel Cell Project Powered by Food Waste
Japan's Ministry of the Environment has decided to launch a project that uses fo...
June 12, 2003
Renewable Energy
JNEC to Launch Micro-Hydro Power Business
Japan Natural Energy Company, or JNEC, has decided to launch a micro hydroelectr...Related
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