Japan

Vena Energy forms consortium to develop offshore wind project

The consortium was formed with Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc. and Toho Gas Co., Ltd.

New plant to bring Japan 350MWh geothermal power annually

The Sansui plant is Baseload Capital’s third geothermal power plant in Japan.

Mainstream Renewable, Aker get 50% stake in floating offshore wind project in Japan

The 800MW floating offshore wind plant is a project of Progression Energy.

‘Strong’ nuclear growth in Japan seen in next two year: report

But, approval of applications to restart nuclear power plants will remain a challenge.

Enfinity Global acquires 250MW solar portfolio in Japan

The acquired solar plants has an enterprise value of $1b.

IAEA to review treated water at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant

The IAEA review mission will visit Japan from 14-18 February.

26.5MW Sonnedix Tanabu solar plant starts operations

The plant can produce 33,000MWp of clean energy in its first year.

Japanese nuclear agency, firms to develop fast reactors in the US

US’ TerraPower has agreed to share data on advanced sodium fast reactor technology.

Japan’s renewable capacity to increase 46GW by 2026: IEA

This will be led by solar photovoltaics and wind power.

Japan’s electricity demand to dip less than 1% annually to 2024

This is due to the strong energy conservation activities in the country.

Masdar, Cosmo Energy sign MoU for RE dev’t exploration in Japan

The agreement includes exploration of offshore wind projects.

Mitsubishi, Lawson to supply solar power to 3,600 convenience stores

The supplying of the renewable energy will start in April 2022.

Japan should maximise, not reduce, nuclear energy use: JAIF

This comes as the gov't issued the new draft of the Sixth Strategic Energy Plan.

IAEA, Japan launch review of Fukushima nuke plant water release

Japan is expected to start discharging treated water in 2023.

Amazon, Mitsubishi inks 22MW power purchase deal

The project consists of numerous ground-mounted solar installations currently in development.

Equis secures $282m for Japan’s new biomass power plant

There is already a notice to proceed with the 50-MW Niigata East Port biomass project.