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Previously, we have looked at the general renewables landscape in Japan, as well as at solar generation, including the associated
With the Tokyo 2020 Olympics delayed for at least a year, we’re all going to have to wait a bit
At the end of May, Nikkei reported that the number of local government ordinances in Japan banning renewable power plant
As we’ve reported previously, the development of renewables in Japan thus far, although successful in bringing many gigawatts of new
The peculiar structure of Japan’s electricity grid is interesting enough to merit examination as a free-standing topic, which we’ve done
In recent months, several developments have highlighted the uncertain future of Japan’s electric power generation mix. Worldwide supply chain disruptions
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a country known for its automakers, shipbuilders, and heavy industry conglomerates, steel production is one of the
With US oil prices having gone negative for the first time in history this past Monday, it’s doubtful that there’s
Last month marked half a century since the first light-water nuclear reactor entered into service in Japan. Since then, nuclear
On March 24, 2020, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach officially announced the postponement
In today’s post, we will discuss perhaps the biggest driver of the direction of Japan’s energy industry—the Ministry of Economy,
Historic factors and the fact that Japan is an archipelago consisting of four main islands and hundreds of smaller ones