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Tepco Renewable Power collaborates with Shoreline Wind to optimise offshore wind

Monday, 08 July 2024 Robin Whitlock Tepco Renewable Power and Shoreline Wind have announced a collaboration aimed at optimising the design and management of offshore wind power operations and maintenance (O&M) by utilising intelligent ...

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Raw material demand for electric vehicles will triple by 2050 finds Ritsumeikan University researchers

Tuesday, 25 June 2024 Robin Whitlock A study from researchers at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, finds that increasing adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) raises concerns about escalating raw material demands, particularly for batteries, ...

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Docomo launches Japan’s first demo of self-powered hydropower base station

Thursday, 30 May 2024 Robin Whitlock NTT Docomo has announced it has launched Japan's first demonstration experiment of a self-powered hydropower cellular base station which involves Docomo's hydroelectric power-generation system and a jet ...

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Tanaka to install 500 kW fuel cell system to promote the use of hydrogen energy

Thursday, 28 March 2024 Robin Whitlock Tanaka Holdings Co has announced that Tanaka Precious Metals will install a stationary pure hydrogen fuel cell system with a maximum generating capacity of 500 kilowatts at its key recycling site at Shonan ...

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Researchers at Chiba University, Japan, find that adding caffeine can supercharge fuel cells

Thursday, 14 March 2024 Robin Whitlock Fuel cells, while promising, are expensive due to high catalyst requirements to increase the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity, but researchers at Chiba University in Japan have found that adding ...

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GE Vernova, Kandenko and Cosmo Eco Power to develop onshore wind farm in Fukushima, Japan

Wednesday, 31 January 2024 Robin Whitlock GE Vernova’s onshore wind business has announced it has been selected by Abukuma South Wind Power LLC as the supplier for the Abukuma South Wind Farm in the area of Iwaki-city and Hirono-town, Fukushima ...

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NGK recieves order for NAS Batteries intended for Sala Energy storage facility

Wednesday, 26 July 2023 Robin Whitlock NGK Insulators Ltd (NGK) has received an order for NAS batteries for electrical power storage intended for an energy storage facility from Sala Energy Ltd, a subsidiary of Sala Corporation, in Hamamatsu ...

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DENSO demonstrates new energy management system at Nishio Plant in Japan

Thursday, 18 May 2023 Robin Whitlock DENSO Corporation has announced that on 15th May it launched a pilot programme to test a new energy management system at its Nishio Plant in Japan as part of efforts to eliminate CO2 emissions from the ...

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MHIEC receives an order to rebuild Japanese waste-to-energy plant in Tokyo

Thursday, 06 April 2023 Robin Whitlock Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. (MHIEC), a company of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) group, has received an order from the Clean Authority of ...

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Octopus Energy announces its first Japanese solar deal

Wednesday, 05 April 2023 Robin Whitlock

Octopus Energy’s generation arm has announced its investment in Japanese solar developer Yotsuya Capital, aiming to accelerate Japan’s energy transition.