Business / Financial Markets Aug 7, 2020
Energy traders flock to Japan and its $136 billion 'dream' market
Power experts say the potential for price volatility and arbitrage in Japan are a trader’s dream.
Business Aug 5, 2020
Japan's industry ministry reviewing power line rules to bolster renewable energy
Under the current rules, distribution of electricity generated by coal-fired thermal power is prioritized and limited capacity makes adding renewable sources difficult.
World Aug 4, 2020
Record temperatures and pending deals inflame Iraq's power woes
In Iraq’s oil-rich south, the scorching summer months pose painful new choices in the age of the coronavirus: stay at home in the sweltering heat with electricity cut off for hours, or go out and risk the virus. This is Zain al-Abidin’s predicament. A resident ...
Business / Corporate | ANALYSIS Jul 16, 2020
Japan’s phaseout plan forces utilities to rethink reliance on coal
by Osamu Tsukimori
After the Fukushima disaster woke Japan to the dangers of atomic power, utilities went back to coal. Now what will they do?
National Jul 5, 2020
Tepco unit launches giant vertical farm in Shizuoka powered by artificial lighting
The LED-powered farm can yield up to 5 tons of produce a day, making it one of the largest such facilities in the world and a boon to Japan's aging farmers.
Business / Corporate Jun 26, 2020
Kepco slammed by shareholders over culture that led to gift scandal
The scandal could have been prevented if the firm had disclosed management information fairly, said a lawyer representing Osaka Municipal Government.
Business / Corporate Jun 9, 2020
Tepco plans ¥2 trillion green power push by 2030
by Aya Takada
The spending plans are among the most ambitious from Japanese utilities, which lag global peers in shifting away from fossil fuels.
National May 20, 2020
Second Kyushu Electric reactor halted over delayed anti-terror steps
The utility aims to bring the reactor back online on Jan. 26 next year after making the required changes,
Business / Corporate Mar 30, 2020
Kepco vows to clean up its act after Takahama nuclear bribery scandal
Kansai Electric Power Co. on Monday pledged to improve its corporate governance after the former deputy mayor of a town that hosts one of its nuclear plants was found to have bribed company executives for decades. In a plan submitted to the Ministry of Economy, ...
Business | FYI: Kepco Mar 29, 2020
A closer look at Kansai Electric and its gift-giving scandal
by Eric Johnston
Earlier this month, Kansai Electric Power Co. concluded that scores of its employees had received cash and gifts worth hundreds of millions of yen from an influential politician in a Fukui Prefecture town where the utility operates a nuclear power plant. The revelations by ...
National Mar 25, 2020
Tepco may take 30 years to release Fukushima No. 1 radioactive water
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Tuesday it may spend up to 20 to 30 years releasing contaminated water into the surrounding environment from its disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The possible time span was mentioned in draft plans Tepco drew up ...