Japan

Sumitomo Electric to provide Hokkaido with RE battery system

System will have 60 MW hours of storage capacity.

Sharp’s solar business posts US$69 million profit

Compares to US$69.4 million loss year-on-year.

More charging stations for EVs to rise in Japan

Four major Japanese car makers agree to do so.

8 in 10 Japanese say nuclear disaster looms

Over half, however, believe reactors should be restarted.

SoftBank to deploy “energy servers” in Japan

Allow users to generate electricity in their premises.

Japan provides US$1.5 billion for Brazil’s Petrobras

Japan Bank for International Cooperation signs two agreements.

What island sentinels predict about renewable energy grid reliability

Fossil hydrocarbon and gas combustion has provided the bulk of power distribution reliability for over one century. Seemingly profitable unidirectional flow, from extraction to aerosolized dispensation, disavowed true cost of deleterious atmospheric and organic consequence.

Fujitsu begins work on home energy management system

Pilot project aims to improve household energy efficiency.

Four Japanese operators seek to restart nuclear reactors

Seen as first step in Japan's return to nuclear power.

Former Fukushima nuclear plant chief dies of cancer

TEPCO says his death wasn’t due to nuclear catastrophe in 2011.

Japan pushing fuel-efficient, coal-fired power plants

Claims these emit less carbon dioxide than others.

Restarting Japan’s nuclear power plants some way off

Meeting tough new technical requirements will take time.

Malaysia’s Toyo Ink diversifying into power generation

First project is 43 times larger than its market capitalization.