Japan

The assembly of a Japanese town that hosts Kansai Electric's nuclear plant agreed to restart two off-line reactors.

Fears of problems at thermal plants resulting in sudden blackouts have prompted the Japanese government to prepare for rolling power cuts.

A leading Canadian solar module maker plans to steal a march on its competitors heading for Japan.

Tepco will be taken over by the Japanese government after its trade minister approved a $12.5 billion capital injection.

A government-backed panel said that summer power supply in nuclear-free Japan may be better than utilities' forecasts.

Japan is still feeling the effects on its power supply as a result of the Fukushima tragedy last year.

Joban Kyodo Electric Power resumed operations of the 250-megawatt No.7 coal-fired unit at its sole Nakoso power plant, two weeks after an unplanned shutdown.

Japan shuts down its last working nuclear power reactor this weekend leaves Japan without nuclear power for the first time since 1970.

Japan's electricity sector is creating a new frontier when it comes to electricity market planning. Go back just over twelve months and approximately 30% of generation came from nuclear power.

Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. will participate in an Australian LNG project to provide stable supply for Japan's thermal power generation.

Renewable energy continues to grow in Japan—with a lot of help from FIT.

Japan’s march away from nuclear power continues.

Post-Fukushima Japan continues to favor hydrogen fuel as a key alternative to nuclear energy.

The Mitsui Group, one of Japanese largest conglomerates or “keiretsu,” expands into the United Kingdom’s renewable energy industry.

Electric power derived from solar energy has just taken a great surge forward in Japan.

The road to a nuclear energy-free Japan is bound to get tougher.