Renewable Energy
August 9, 2006
Renewable Energy
Sharp Maintains Top Photovoltaic Share 6 Years in a Row
Sharp Corp., a major Japanese electronics manufacturer, maintained the world's t...
August 9, 2006
Renewable Energy
Japan to More Than Double Biodiesel Fuel Production in 4 Years
In a report dated May 30, 2006, the Japanese Ministry of the Environment reveale...
August 4, 2006
Renewable Energy
East Japan Railway Develops World's First Fuel Cell Hybrid Railcar
In preparation for the debut of the world's first fuel cell hybrid railcar in Ap...
July 18, 2006
Renewable Energy
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Finances Citizen Windmills
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. has financed citizen-funded projects to b...
July 14, 2006
Renewable Energy
Three Municipalities Added to Biomass Town Program
The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) has added bi...
July 14, 2006
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Food Waste to Be Processed into Ethanol
According to an announcement made on March 27, 2006, Nippon Steel Corp. will lau...
July 12, 2006
Renewable Energy
Hitachi Maxell Develops 10-Watt Fuel Cell Using Water-Aluminum Reaction
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., a Japanese electrical device manufacturer, has developed a...
July 6, 2006
Renewable Energy
Nippon Oil Sets Up Fund for Basic Research of Hydrogen as Energy
As part of its efforts to make a social contribution Nippon Oil Corp., a major J...
July 6, 2006
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Minamata Plans to Be 'Biomass Town
Minamata City of Kumamoto Prefecture in southern Japan, announced on March 31, 2...
June 22, 2006
Renewable Energy
Japanese Institute Succeeds in Continuous Synthesis of Diesel Fuel from Wood
On March 23, 2006, the Biomass Technology Research Center, a base for biomass re...
June 15, 2006
Renewable Energy
Photovoltaic Power Plants Proliferate in Kyoto
The eighth "Sunshine" photovoltaic (PV) power plant installed by the Kyoto Green...
June 15, 2006
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Committee Created to Promote Use of Sewage Sludge
As one of its measures to deal with global warming, the Japanese Ministry of Lan...
June 14, 2006
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Ministry Evaluates National Strategy for Biomass Use
On March 29, 2006, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ...
June 10, 2006
Renewable Energy
New Ceramic Membrane Reformer Produces Hydrogen Faster
A research group led by Dr. Hitoshi Takamura, an associate professor at Tohoku U...
May 31, 2006
Renewable Energy
New Photocatalyst Allows Release of Hydrogen from Water under Visible Light
A research group led by Professor Kazunari Domen at Tokyo University and Profess...
May 31, 2006
Renewable Energy
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Mass Produce New Solar Cells
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), of Japan has developed a new tandem-typ...
May 27, 2006
Climate Change
'Green-Power Certified T-Shirts' Tied to CO2 Emissions Cuts
Japanese consumers are being offered an innovative way to fight climate change, ...
May 27, 2006
Renewable Energy
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Delivers 12 MW Wind Power System
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. has installed, jointly with Penta-Ocean Construc...
May 25, 2006
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Sapporo to Use Warm Water from a Sewage Plant for Clean Heating
Sapporo City in Hokkaido will utilize heat pump technology to recover heat from ...
May 25, 2006
Renewable Energy
Tokyo Aims to Raise Renewable Energy Use to 20% by 2020
On April 3, 2006, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) released its "Renewabl...
May 24, 2006
Renewable Energy
Denso Corp. Generating Power by Air Flow from Factory Smokestack
Japanese auto parts manufacturer DENSO Corporation has installed a wind power ge...
May 19, 2006
Renewable Energy
Biomass Co-Combustion with BDF Cuts CO2 Emissions from Coal Thermal Plant
Electric Power Development, Co., known as J-Power in Japan, has gathered new inf...
May 12, 2006
Renewable Energy
Bio-Methane from Sewage Sludge to Be Used as Bus Fuel
Kobe City in western Japan has decided during fiscal 2006 to prepare for the pra...
May 10, 2006
Renewable Energy
Japanese Institute Develops Highly Efficient Micro Fuel Cell
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology of Japan (A...
April 23, 2006
Renewable Energy
Nocturnal Warming of Greenhouses using Solar-Heated Water
Beginning in 2006, the National Institute of Floricultural Sciences (NIFS) of th...
April 14, 2006
Renewable Energy
Micro-Hydropower System Lights Up Bridge in Kyoto
In Arashiyama, a scenic area in the historic city of Kyoto, a micro-hydropower s...
March 31, 2006
Renewable Energy
Fuji Heavy Launches Test Run of 2 MW Wind Power System
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan has been conducting a demonstration test of ...
March 26, 2006
Renewable Energy
Conferences in Japan, Thailand Promote Biomass in Asia
The first meeting of a committee for promoting the use of eco-fuels was held, op...
March 26, 2006
Renewable Energy
Bioethanol Mass Production from Waste Wood to Start in Osaka in 2007
Facilities to mass-produce fuel ethanol from construction waste wood are now und...
March 24, 2006
Renewable Energy
Japan's First Commercial Biomass Power Plant Starts Operation
First Energy Service Co. (FESCO) started commercial operation of the Iwakuni Woo...
March 20, 2006
Renewable Energy
Japanese Solar Market to Grow 30-40% a Year until FY2008
Driven by a strong demand in Germany and other European countries, the Japanese ...
February 26, 2006
Renewable Energy
Carbon Nanotubes Synthesized from Woody Biomass
Chugai Ro Co., a major Japanese thermal technology company, and Koromogawa villa...
February 20, 2006
Renewable Energy
Kurita Water Industries, Ltd. Develops World's First Solid Methanol for Fuel Cells
Kurita Water Industries Ltd. announced on October 20, 2005 that it has solved th...
February 20, 2006
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Kyoto City Starts Project to Create Hydrogen from Food Waste and Used Cooking Oil
Kyoto City has launched a research project to produce hydrogen for fuel cells fr...
February 15, 2006
Renewable Energy
Test Starts for 100% Renewable Energy Microgrid using a Private Transmission Line
A test to demonstrate a new decentralized energy supply system using a private t...
January 27, 2006
Renewable Energy
Japan's First Micro-Hydropower System Marketed
In September, 2005, Shinko Electric Co., a Japanese manufacturer of industrial m...
January 25, 2006
Renewable Energy
New Tokyo Gas Wind Turbine Starts Supplying Electricity
Tokyo Gas Co. started the operation of a newly built wind turbine (1,990 kilowat...
January 21, 2006
Renewable Energy
Tokyo Electric Power Launches Biomass Fuel Business
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) will launch a biomass fuel processing business ...
January 15, 2006
Renewable Energy
Home Solar Power Introduced to Green Power Market
A project to promote the environmental value of home-generated electricity using...
January 15, 2006
Renewable Energy
Two Renewable Energy Model Cities Chosen
Applications by Muroran City in Hokkaido in northern Japan and Susaki City in Ko...
January 15, 2006
Eco-business / Social Venture
Toshiba Testing Micro Fuel Cells for Mobile Music Players
Toshiba Corp. has developed two fuel cell units small enough to be integrated in...
January 13, 2006
Reduce / Reuse / Recycle
Organic Rice Grown in Biomass Project
Tomioka Town, Fukushima Prefecture, has been promoting a project to grow food us...
January 13, 2006
Renewable Energy
Showa Shell to Mass-Produce Next-Generation Solar Cells in 2007
Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., a major Japanese oil company belonging to the Royal Dut...
December 28, 2005
Renewable Energy
New Decision-Support System Helps in Windmill Site Selection
Kansai Electric Power Co., a major power utility in Japan, and the Japan Weather...
December 25, 2005
Renewable Energy
Sawmill Joint Venture to Have Large-Scale Power Generation from Woody Biomass
One of Japan's largest biomass power plants using only waste wood will be launch...
December 25, 2005
Renewable Energy
Wind-Powered Sewage Treatment Plant Cuts CO2 Emissions by 96%
Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, and the Japan Sewage Works Ag...
December 16, 2005
Renewable Energy
Japan's First Woody Biomass Power Generation in Place
Woody biomass has now become a practical fuel for power generation. Shikoku Elec...
December 8, 2005
Climate Change
Five Japanese Firms Earn Certified Emission Reduction Credits
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board awarded the world's first ...
December 1, 2005
Renewable Energy
Kyocera Launches Medium-Scale Solar Power Systems
Kyocera Corp., a Japanese manufacturer of electronic components and photovoltaic...
November 25, 2005
Renewable Energy
Bioethanol Car Fuel Production Project to be Launched in Okinawa
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