Solar Leader Japan Seeks Solutions To Recycle and Prolong PV Panel Lifespan

From strawberry farms to rooftops of convenience stores and factories, Japan is looking for novel ways and new technologies to put aging solar panels to good use. This is a daunting task since the am...

Japan Is Launching Its First-Ever National Carbon Exchange

Japan will soon unveil its first-ever national carbon pricing exchange, starting with a soft launch to ease the mechanism into business life. The exchange is expected to run a hybrid model, combining...

CCUS: A Technological Gamble for Japan’s Decarbonization Goals

Japan is a strong proponent of adopting existing energy systems to meet decarbonization goals, and arguably its biggest gamble is on an emerging set of technologies that seek to capture CO2 and then ...

18 Projects Aiming to Help Japan Transform Into an Offshore Wind Powerhouse

Japan has been slow to embrace wind energy. Two decades since the very first developments, the country still has less than 5 GW of wind power generation, almost all of it onshore. That’s a fifth of t...

The Cost of Breaking Energy Ties With Russia

While the U.S. and Europe announced major pullbacks from trade and investment in Russian energy, both on a national and corporate level, so far Japan resists this course of action. Beyond geopolit...