Japan

Check out this infographic of Japan's plight in restarting nuke

More than half of them have applied for safety reviews.

Check out this infographic of Japan's plight in restarting nuke

More than half of them have applied for safety reviews.

Japan's Sendai unit 1 nuclear reactor restarts

First of 43 reactors goes into operation.

Four years post-Fukushima, an update from Japan

Four years have passed since the Fukushima Nuclear disaster and the impact is still strongly being felt. Time for an update from Japan on the progress of changes in the Utility industry.

Continued boom or bust for Japanese renewables?

When Japan instituted the Renewable Energy Act (REA) in 2012, the stated policy was to encourage the development of renewable energy but to avoid the "boom and bust" cycles seen in other countries. Looking back, there is no question that the government created a booming market; particularly in solar. A reasonable question to ask now is whether we are about to see a bust?