Renewable Energy
February 25, 2014
Renewable Energy
Japanese Ministry Decides to Support Three Geothermal Projects
To accelerate renewable energy installation, Japan's Ministry of the Environmen...
February 23, 2014
Renewable Energy
Public-Private Joint Research for Solar Sharing
Looop Inc., a Japanese developer and retailer of products to utilize renewable e...
February 22, 2014
Money
National Citizen-Based Fund for Sustainable Energy Starts Receiving Applications
Three Japanese green energy organizations, Japan Green Fund Co. (JGF) and Ohisa...
February 19, 2014
Renewable Energy
Sendai Starts Verification Test on Sewage Heat Recovery
Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, has launched jointly with Sekisui ...
February 18, 2014
Renewable Energy
Japanese Municipalities are Passing Basic Ordinances to Promote Community-Led Renewable Energy Development
Since the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, local governments across J...
February 16, 2014
Renewable Energy
Nine Municipalities in Tokyo Area Press Gov't to Promote Solar Power
The Nine Municipal Government Leaders' Summit, composed of the heads of the Tok...
February 2, 2014
Renewable Energy
Tokyo Waterworks Completes Mini Hydropower Facility Using Feed-in Tariff
The Tokyo Metropolitan Waterworks Bureau in Japan announced on October 1, 2013, ...
January 18, 2014
Renewable Energy
Citizen-funded Solar Power Plant in Fukushima Built
Fukushima Ryozen Citizens' Joint Power Plant completed construction in Septembe...
January 17, 2014
Renewable Energy
Aizu Electric Power Company Established to Achieve Electricity Self-Sufficiency in Fukushima within Ten Years
Aizu Electric Power Company was established in August 2013 to create a system to...
January 16, 2014
Renewable Energy
Test Operation Begins for 2MW Floating Offshore Wind Power Facility
A group of companies and others undertaking a test project for a floating offsho...
January 14, 2014
Renewable Energy
Balancing Energy and Crop Production through Solar Sharing
The Solar Sharing Association began to operate the Solar Sharing Hayashi Power ...
December 27, 2013
Renewable Energy
Aomori Prefecture Leads Japan in Growth of Installed Wind Power Capacity
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) releas...
December 26, 2013
Civil Society / Local Issues
Nagano Prefecture Introduces Local Projects Registered Under Renewable Energy Promotion Program
Nagano Prefecture announced on October 15, 2013, that projects registered in it...
December 25, 2013
Environmental Technology
Japanese Institute Develops New Water Wheel to Generate Power from Low Gradient Flow
The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) of Japan announc...
December 22, 2013
Environmental Technology
JAMSTEC Successfully Generates Electricity from Hot Water and Seawater from Seabed
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) announced on Sep...
December 19, 2013
Renewable Energy
Solar Partners and IOM Launch Solar Lantern Donation Project in Somalia
Solar Partners Co., a Japanese company operating a network of solar power insta...
December 17, 2013
Newsletter
Renewable Energy in Japan -- Current Trends Show Promise and Opportunities
A demonstration floating offshore wind power facility started operations on Nov...
December 16, 2013
Renewable Energy
AIST Established New Institute in Fukushima Prefecture to Achieve Prompt and Large-Capacity Installation of Renewable Energy
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) ann...
December 8, 2013
Renewable Energy
Hyogo Public Enterprises Agency to Develop Solar Arrays on Dam Faces
The Hyogo Public Enterprises Agency announced in April 2013 the outline of a di...
December 3, 2013
Environmental Technology
Japanese Researchers Succeed in Doubling Quantity of Hydrogen Produced by Blue-Green Algae
A research group at RIKEN, a Japanese comprehensive research organization for b...
December 1, 2013
Environmental Technology
Japanese Shipbuilder Granted AIP for Development of OTEC
Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU), a development-oriented shipbuilder, has b...
November 29, 2013
Money
Bonds to Finance Solar Project in Awaji Island Sell Out
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan initiated a "Public Joint Project for Photovoltaic Powe...
November 25, 2013
Renewable Energy
Fukuoka Pref. Eyes Micro Hydro Using Water from Existing Dam
Fukuoka Prefecture announced on August 26, 2013, that it has started to look int...
November 18, 2013
Renewable Energy
Local Governments in Japan Renting Rooftops for Solar Power Generation
The non-profit organization "PV Owner Network, Japan" reported in July 2013 ...
November 4, 2013
Renewable Energy
Tokyo to Save 190 Million Yen Annually by Switching to New Electricity Producers, Suppliers
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) announced on August 16, 2013, that i...
November 3, 2013
Renewable Energy
Shizuoka Begins Studying Offshore Wind Power and Wave Power Generation
Shizuoka Prefecture has established a study council for the introduction of rene...
October 1, 2013
Renewable Energy
Japanese Hotel Association Suggests Ways for Geothermal Power Generation to Coexist with Hot Spring Resorts
The All Japan Ryokan Hotel Association (ARHA) released in March 2013 a repor...
September 28, 2013
Eco-business / Social Venture
Solar Power Generation DIY Kits Launched for Installation on Ground and in Air
Looop Co., a Japanese developer, a construction and maintenance company speciali...
September 26, 2013
Renewable Energy
Japanese Market Research Firm Forecasts Growth of Offshore Wind and Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Power Generation
Fuji Keizai Co., a Japanese market research firm, released the results of it...
September 23, 2013
Energy Policy
Hamamatsu City Draws Up Energy Vision Targeting 20% Power Self-Sufficiency Rate
Hamamatsu City in Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, an ordinance-designa...
September 11, 2013
Policy / Systems
Kanagawa Offers Subsidy and Tax Break for Household Smart Energy Systems
Kanagawa Prefecture, located in central Japan, started accepting application...
September 6, 2013
Environmental Technology
Nippon Paper Develops New Biomass Solid Fuel Using Torrefaction Technology
Nippon Paper Industries Co., a major paper manufacturer in Japan, announced ...
September 2, 2013
Policy / Systems
One Year After Commencement of Feed-in Tariff, Grid Improvements Needed
Certification status (cumulative) and operation commencement status for systems...
August 31, 2013
Environmental Technology
World's First Floating Wind-Current Hybrid-Power System to be Tested Off Coast of Saga Pref., Japan
Saga Prefecture in western Japan announced on May 16, 2013, that the world's fir...
August 24, 2013
Renewable Energy
'Renewables Japan Status Report 2013' Reveals Latest Trends and Challenges
The Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP), a Japanese non-profit ...
August 21, 2013
Renewable Energy
World's Smallest Power Station: Miniature Home Solar System
In a drive to promote renewable energy, Ecology Online, a Japanese non-profi...
August 16, 2013
Renewable Energy
Solar Sharing Program through Solar Panels on Farmland Launched
Installing solar panels above farmland, Solar Sharing Kazusatsurumai began op...
August 1, 2013
Ecosystems / Biodiversity
Use of Forest Resources Increases due to Rapid Expansion of Biomass Generation
Construction of relatively large-scale biomass power plants with a capacity ...
July 19, 2013
Renewable Energy
Local Energy Meeting Held in Odawara, Japan
Houtoku Energy and a group known as the Network of Business Leaders and Entr...
June 29, 2013
Money
Citizen-Funded Solar Power Facilities to be Installed in Shizuoka
Shizuoka Mirai Energy announced on February 25, 2013, that it would start fu...
June 24, 2013
Renewable Energy
Tokyo to Reform Power Supply System towards 2020
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) highlighted reformation of the power sup...
June 20, 2013
Renewable Energy
METI Announces New Buyback Price for Renewable Energy
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released on March 29,...
June 14, 2013
Renewable Energy
Habitat for Humanity Launches Solar Project to Support Disaster-Hit Families with Disabled Members in Ofunato
Habitat for Humanity Japan launched in November 2012 the "Solar Home Recover...
June 11, 2013
Newsletter
Meeting the Challenge of Stable Green Electricity Supply with Powdered Hydrogen Compound Fuel: Earth Project Co.
"Towards a Sustainable Japan -- Corporations at Work" (No. 103) "I want to ac...
June 5, 2013
Eco-business / Social Venture
Japanese NPO Expands Residential Solar Co-Ownership Project
Ueda Citizen Energy, a non-profit organization (NPO) in Ueda City, Nagano Pr...
June 3, 2013
Renewable Energy
Community Power Revolution Spreads in Japan
An open meeting dubbed the "Community Power Initiative" (tentative name) was...
May 29, 2013
Environmental Technology
Company Develops Wind Turbine Adaptable to All Degrees
Eco-technology Co., a Japanese company engaged in research and development of a ...
May 28, 2013
Renewable Energy
Tokyo Metropolitan Government to Create Solar Roof Register in FY2013
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on January 6, 2013, its intention to...
May 25, 2013
Renewable Energy
Wakayama Pref. to Launch 'Mini Solar Project' for Regional Development
Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan will launch its "Mini Solar Project" in col...
May 24, 2013
Renewable Energy
Winners of Northern Districts' Energy Conservation and New Energy Award 2012 Selected
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