Companies should go green abroad, not just at home
Companies need to be rewarded for reducing emissions globally, not for scaling down their ambitions to focus on geographies where greener manufacturing is easiest.
Trump, on climate, says he won't jeopardize U.S. wealth on 'dreams, on windmills'
U.S. President Donald Trump, responding to a question about climate change, said on Monday that U.S. wealth is based on energy and he won't jeopardize that for dreams and windmills. "I feel that the United States has tremendous wealth. The wealth is under its feet. ...
Taro Kono's clean energy critique in UAE speech fuels talk of Abe succession
Criticism by a Cabinet minister of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's energy policies may say more about his own political prospects than it does about the country's debate over clean power. Taro Kono, whom Abe appointed foreign minister last year, used a speech Sunday in the ...
Japan looking to lead in exporting renewable energy tech to emerging economies
The Japanese government plans to export its expertise in renewable energy technologies such as low-emitting geothermal, solar and hydrogen power to emerging economies, a government source said Wednesday. The move reflects an expected rise in demand for energy technology that emits limited amounts of carbon ...
Mongolia and China envision giant power grids to light up Asia
The lights of the high-end boutiques and bars of Tokyo's Ginza district may someday be powered by coal burned more than 1,700 miles away (2,700 km) in Mongolia, electricity zipping over ultra-high voltage lines across deserts and under seas. That's the idea behind plans in ...
Renewable energy growth continues, powering jobs especially in Asia
The renewable energy industry employed 9.8 million people last year, up 1.1 percent from 2015, led by the solar photovoltaic business, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency's annual report on the industry. Growth has slowed in the past two years, while the solar photovoltaic ...
Government may pull plug on a quarter of clean-energy projects
About a quarter of all approved clean-energy projects in Japan may no longer qualify for government incentives after failing to meet a deadline to secure grid access, according to preliminary estimates from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. About 456,000 projects totaling 27.7 gigawatts ...
In rural Japan, battery-powered trains emerge as cost-effective, eco-friendly alternative
Railway operators in rural Japan are replacing diesel-guzzling trains with new battery-powered rolling stock, taking advantage of the low-maintenance, environmentally friendly modern technology to cut costs and emissions. East Japan Railway Co. began using battery-powered trains on the Oga Line in Akita Prefecture in March, ...
Renewables credited with 28 million-ton drop in Japan utilities' carbon emissions in 2015
An association of Japanese electric power companies said Monday that carbon dioxide emissions by its members declined in fiscal 2015 to around 441 million tons, partly due to greater use of renewable energy. The preliminary figure represents a fall of 28 million tons from the ...
First Energy taps biomass in Japan for market-leading gains
A little-known Tokyo-based company's commitment to biomass has made it a darling among investors. As of the end of trade Wednesday, First Energy Service Co. had jumped 42 percent in the past month, making it the top performer on the Topix index, which lost 4.4 ...
Takeover of Sharp advances Hon Hai's clean-energy ambitions
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.'s rescue of Sharp Corp. promises to bolster the Taiwanese electronics maker's ambitions for a bigger role in clean energy in some of the world's most polluting countries while also providing a firmer footing in Japan. Hon Hai, also known as ...
Japan's power producers scour forests in search of wood to burn
With almost 70 percent of its land covered by forests, Japan is leading a drive to return to wood as a source of cleaner energy. While projects in the U.K. and the U.S. are experimenting with biomass, Japan is giving favorable tariffs to power producers ...
