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Japan predicted to junk problematic Monju fast reactor
Japan predicted to junk problematic Monju fast reactor
Technical and safety issues have been hogging the reactor.
Chart of the Week: Check out Japan's rising electricity prices despite lower fuel costs
It has become highly dependent on coal and LNG.
Japan gears up to launch near-shore wind auctions in Kitakyushu
2,687-ha of area off the city port will be leased.
JBIC to lend US$25m to Philippines for renewables projects
This is JBIC's first time to provide GREEN finance to the Philippines.
Japan predicted to restart 19 nuclear reactors by March 2018
It will generate around 119.8TWh of electricity per year.
Japan finally sets test for virtual power plant for renewables
Commercialisation is targeted in 2020.
Hybridisation – energy sources, intelligence, and human consumption
Several months ago, I happened to see an NHK World's web-based documentary on a Japanese city called Kashiwa-no-ha (KNH) "Smart City" – an institutional collaborative initiative partnering municipal (Chiba Prefecture, Kashiwa City), commercial/business, and educational (universities) entities1.
Bloomberg predicts 1% dip in nuclear's global share
Installed capacity share will fall to just 4% in 2040.
Magnitude 5 quake shakes Tokyo, Tokai NPP operations get suspended
2.0-magnitude aftershocks rattled areas near Tokai NPP.
Japan's nuclear restart dreams crack as opposition wins gubernatorial race
Doubts heighten for the country's running reactors.
Will Japan ever stop its love affair with coal financing?
The country provided $22b for coal projects overseas.
How is Asia's nuke industry five years post-Fukushima disaster?
Much has been learnt, but will nuke generation be revived in Japan?
What TEPCO and KEPCO have to say on Japan's energy liberalisation
Will electricity costs be suppressed soon?
Japan's Chugoku submits decommissioning plan for Shimane NPP unit
Dismantling could take 30 years to complete.
Japan's wind power capacity grows to 3,038 MW in 2015
Japan's energy mix is slowly transforming.
Japan's Shikoku Electric to scrap one nuclear unit, restart another
Its oldest reactor at Ikata NPP will be decommissioned in May.
Time for a cool change: TEPCO undergoes four-way company split
There'll be TEPCO Holdings and 3 subsidiaries.
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