Tepco appoints ex-business lobby chief Kobayashi as new chairman
Yoshimitsu Kobayashi headed the Japan Association of Corporate Executives for four years through 2019 and now serves as chairman of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.
Challenges abound as Japan eyes new basic energy policy in June
The focus will be on how much the country can promote the use of renewable energy in realizing its goal of cutting emissions by 46% by 2030 from 2013 levels.
Tepco may appoint ex-business lobby chief Kobayashi as chairman
Kobayashi is currently chairman of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. and on the management committee of the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommission Facilitation Corp.
Tepco lapse a wake-up call for Japan's nuclear security protocols, expert says
The incident in Niigata is “of particular concern” because the potential security breaches lasted for months, a top expert in the field said.
Tepco banned from restarting its largest nuclear plant over safety flaws
The company has seen restarting the seven-reactor Kashiwazaki-Kariwa complex, once one of the world's largest nuclear plants by output, as a main pillar of its business restructuring plan.
Tokyo Gas to install 19 offshore wind turbines in carbon-free push
The wind turbines will be located in waters near the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture and generate a maximum of 159.6 megawatts, enough renewable energy to supply 70,000 households annually.
Japan considers ending support for exporting coal-fired power plants
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga could announce the move as early as at an April 22-23 virtual summit on climate change hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden, sources said.
Tepco apologizes to Niigata governor over nuclear plant security flaws
Following the revelation of problems at the plant, Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has decided to ban Tepco from moving nuclear fuel at the facility.
Japan's regulator set to ban Tepco from restarting Niigata nuclear plant
The facility on the Sea of Japan coast was found to have serious safety flaws, having been vulnerable to unauthorized entry at 15 locations in March of last year.
Ten years after Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan finding path to renewable energy future
Almost immediately after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the shift toward renewable energy sources began to accelerate.
Why global power grids are still vulnerable to cyberattacks
More than five years after massive cyberattacks left a quarter of a million Ukrainians without electricity, the world’s power grids have become even more vulnerable to hackers. As utilities turn to sources of renewable energy and add millions of other components like smart meters, they’re ...
The two hours that nearly destroyed the electric grid in Texas
The debacle highlights just how vulnerable even the most sophisticated energy systems are to the vagaries of climate change, and how close it all came to crashing down.
