Renewable Energy
March 6, 2012
Renewable Energy
Seven-Eleven Installs Geothermal Air-Conditioning Systems in Stores
Seven-Eleven Japan Co., a major Japanese convenience store franchiser, and J...
March 2, 2012
Renewable Energy
One of Japan's Largest Pilot Projects to Start Integrated Production of Bioethanol from Woody Biomass
Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)...
March 1, 2012
Policy / Systems
Saitama Nominates Five Municipalities for Eco-Town Project
On November 22, 2011, Japan's Saitama Prefecture announced the selection of five...
February 25, 2012
Renewable Energy
Solar Power Generation on Culture Rafts to Enter Demonstration-Phase on Yatsushiro Sea
It was announced on October 22, 2011, that full-scale demonstration experiments ...
February 24, 2012
Renewable Energy
First Challenge for Wind Powered Data Center
NTT Facilities Inc., Japan's leader of data center and critical facility sol...
February 22, 2012
Renewable Energy
Technology Advances Convert 'Little' Energy Sources Around Us into Electricity
Murata Manufacturing Co., a Japanese manufacturer of electrical and electronics ...
February 21, 2012
Renewable Energy
Yamada Denki to Open PV System Installer Training and Certification School
Yamada Eco Solution Co., a consolidated subsidiary of Yamada Denki Co., a major ...
February 19, 2012
Renewable Energy
MAFF Supports Renewable Energy Deployment in Japan's Rural Areas
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan decided...
February 18, 2012
Renewable Energy
Japan Predicting Drastic Cut of 50% or More to PV Generation Costs by 2030
The Japanese government estimates the cost of photovoltaic (PV) power gener...
February 17, 2012
Renewable Energy
Japanese Companies Developing Air-Conditioning Using Geothermal Heat
Gunma Electronics Co., a Japanese electronics manufacturer, is developing a geot...
February 11, 2012
Renewable Energy
Toshiba to Undertake Smart Energy Demonstration Project in Miyakojima
Major Japanese electronic manufacturer Toshiba Corp. announced on October 2...
February 10, 2012
Renewable Energy
Current Status of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Generation in Japan (2011)
Shipments of solar panels increasing rapidly, thanks to changes in 2009 such...
February 9, 2012
Renewable Energy
Various Innovations Enable Solar Power to be Installed in Condominium Buildings
On August 29, 2011, Takara Leben Co., a Japanese real estate company, announ...
February 6, 2012
Eco-business / Social Venture
Toyota Home to Release Smart House, Collaboration between House and Vehicle
Toyota Housing Corporation (Toyota Home), a home builder in the Toyota Group...
February 2, 2012
Eco-business / Social Venture
Orix Group Starts Testing Services for Renewal Energy Related Equipment
Orix Rentec Corp., a leading Japanese test and measurement equipment rental comp...
February 1, 2012
Renewable Energy
Panasonic Group's Green Energy Park Wins Green IT Award
On October 3, 2011, Kasai Green Energy Park, the Panasonic Group's next-gene...
January 27, 2012
Renewable Energy
Current Status of Geothermal Power in Japan (2011)
The last domestic installation of geothermal power for Japan was in 1999 on Hach...
January 27, 2012
Renewable Energy
Current Status of Wind Power in Japan (2011)
While new wind power installations are skyrocketing globally, in recent year...
January 27, 2012
Renewable Energy
Current Status of Biomass Power in Japan (2011)
The cumulative installed capacity for power generation from biomass in Japan...
January 25, 2012
Renewable Energy
Japanese Power/Electronics Companies Establish Consortium for Promoting HEMS
A group of major Japanese power and electronics companies have established conso...
January 24, 2012
Renewable Energy
Current Status of Small-Scale Hydropower in Japan (2011)
Small-scale hydropower (with a generation capacity of 10,000 kilowatts (kW) or l...
January 18, 2012
Renewable Energy
Fifty Two Municipalities in Japan are Energy Self-Sufficient with Renewables
The Kurasaka Research Laboratory at Chiba University and the Institute for ...
January 17, 2012
Climate Change
CO2 Emissions from Prefabricated Houses Down 16.6% in 2010 from 1990 Level
The Japan Prefabricated Construction Suppliers & Manufacturers Association relea...
January 16, 2012
Renewable Energy
Japan's Natural Energy Council Announces Akita Declaration
The Natural Energy Council, a governmental panel whose mission is to accele...
January 12, 2012
Renewable Energy
Nationwide Supermarket Warehouses to Introduce Solar Power
Kankyo Keiei Senryaku Soken, a Japanese consultant for environmental manage...
January 10, 2012
Renewable Energy
Rise in Awareness of Electricity Conservation, Home Solar Power Systems Seen after Earthquake in Japan
Housing Company, part of the Sekisui Chemical Group, released on August 18,...
January 7, 2012
Environmental Technology
Toyota Announces High-Yield Biofuel Breakthrough, Urban Greening Products
Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. announced on October 3, 2011, two new business ventur...
January 6, 2012
Renewable Energy
Fuji Electric Tests Light-Weight PV System for Plastic Greenhouses
Fuji Electric Co., a major Japanese electronics manufacturer, announced on Augus...
January 3, 2012
Environmental Technology
Japanese Firm Begins Development of Tidal Power Generation System
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., a leading Japanese heavy machinery manufact...
January 2, 2012
Renewable Energy
Business Association Research Reveals Tohoku Region has 740,000 Kilowatts of Potential Geothermal Capacity
The Japan Geothermal Developers' Council, a group of geothermal developers,...
December 25, 2011
Renewable Energy
Hitachi Zosen Inova AG based in Switzerland Subsidiary Accepts Order to Construct Municipal Energy-from-Waste Plant in UK
Hitachi Zosen Corp. (Hitz), a Japanese company engaged in engineering and manufa...
December 21, 2011
Renewable Energy
Current Status of Renewable Energy in Japan (2011)
Efforts to introduce renewable energy have begun to accelerate worldwide. These ...
December 19, 2011
Roof Solar Panels Installed Using New Magnet Method
Yuasa Trading Co., a company specialized in machine tools, industrial equipm...
December 17, 2011
Renewable Energy
Public-Private-Academic Partnership in Kyoto to Convert Municipal Solid Waste into Ethanol
The city of Kyoto announced on August 19, 2011 that, together with Hitachi Z...
December 13, 2011
Environmental Technology
Japanese University Develops Superconducting Technology to Transmit Solar Power from Desert Areas
A team of scientists including Dr. Sataro Yamaguchi, a professor at the Dep...
December 9, 2011
Renewable Energy
Kobe Steel to Launch Small-Scale Binary Power Generation System
Kobe Steel Ltd. announced on September 8, 2011, that it will start selling t...
December 1, 2011
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Nippon Paper to Use Wooden Rubble from Great East Japan Earthquake as Factory Fuel
Nippon Paper Industries Co. announced on August 22, 2011, that it would acc...
November 29, 2011
Renewable Energy
Offshore Wind Farm Verification Project Off Kitakyushu City Begins
On March 25, 2011, Electric Power Development Co. (J Power) announced that, in c...
November 19, 2011
Renewable Energy
Misawa Homes Unveils Home with PV Wall Panels for Year-Round Power Generation
Misawa Homes Co., a major Japanese housing manufacturer, opened an eco-frien...
November 9, 2011
Renewable Energy
Citizens' Funding of New Solar Generation Project Stimulates Local Economy
Joint-investment solar power systems have been established with money invest...
November 8, 2011
Renewable Energy
Smart City Project in Chiba, Japan, Gets Full-Scale Launch
An integrated redevelopment of Block 148 in front of the Kashiwanoha Campus Stat...
November 6, 2011
Environmental Technology
City of Fukuoka, Kyushu University to Start Offshore Testing of 'Wind Lens' Turbine
Fukuoka City, in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, announced on July 21, 2011, that...
November 5, 2011
Environmental Technology
University Develops Nanodisk Formation Technology for Highly Efficient Quantum-Dot Solar Cells
A research group led by Professor Seiji Samukawa of Tohoku University has develo...
October 29, 2011
Environmental Technology
Nitto Denko to Co-Develop Novel Renewable Energy Powered by Osmosis
Nitto Denko Corporation, a leading Japanese manufacturer of diversified material...
October 27, 2011
Food
Mitsubishi Plastics Group Starts Verifying Tomato Cultivation at Solar Light Plant Factory
Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc. announced on June 14, 2011, that it has completed ...
October 26, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Panasonic Releases Portable Solar Light
Panasonic Corp. of Japan announced on August 26, 2011, to release a new comp...
October 24, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Japan Unveils First Condo with PV Panels and Visualized Power Check for Each Unit
Sankei Building Co., a real-estate leasing and dealing company, announced on Jun...
October 22, 2011
Renewable Energy
Solar-Powered Shelter with LED Lighting Jointly Developed for Street Facilities
Sekisui Jushi Corp. (SJC), a leading Japanese manufacturer of street materia...
October 20, 2011
Eco-business / Social Venture
Company Starts Selling "Water Cells" To Generate Electricity Using Only Water
Nakabayashi Co., a Japanese company specializing in products and services fo...
October 14, 2011
Renewable Energy
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