Japan

Japan will build five new wood combustion power plants in Iwate and Miyagi to clear left-over rubble from the March 11 earthquake.

Kansai Electric will ask businesses and households to voluntarily reduce their power usage this summer by 15%.

A fund will be set up to help Tokyo Electric Power compensate radiation victims of its Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. began operating a ventilation equipment at the No. 2 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to reduce radiation levels inside the unit.

Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son wants to kick-start large solar power plants in tsunami-hit areas of eastern Japan.

Toshiba Corp. has signed a memorandum of understanding to form a business tie-up with South Korean wind-power generation equipment maker Unison Co.

Japan plans to make it compulsory for all new buildings to be fitted with solar panels by 2030.

Toshiba has signed a definitive sales agreement to acquire Landis+Gyr for $2.3 billion in cash.

Hitachi serving as the project leader will coordinate the companies involved.

Japan approved a plan to help TEPCO compensate victims of the crisis at its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant. It will also save TEPCO from financial collapse.

Tokuyama will make further inroads into the lucrative solar industry by more than tripling polysilicon production from its Malaysian and Japanese facilities.

A consortium of Mitsui and Daewoo E&C will construct a 700MW coal-fired power plant in Morocco.

TEPCO will restart operations at two of its thermal power plants in Japan to remedy shortages during the peak season.

TEPCO requested the Japanese Federal Government for financial aid in compensating the victims affected by the  Fukushima nuclear inciedent.

Chubu Electric Power Co held an inconclusive board meeting Saturday over whether to suspend the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Workers entered one of the damaged reactor buildings at Japan’s stricken nuclear power plant.