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Solving Logistics Barriers: Transport Solutions for Wind Farm Components
Japan’s ambitious plans to build a sizable and competitive offshore wind power sector largely rely on scaling up turbines in local projects. Yet, it is the construction and installation technologies ...
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Hydrogen’s Atomic Dreams: Japan Aims for H2 Produced With Nuclear Power
In early 2010, a High-Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) in the town of Oarai, northeast of Tokyo, generated a temperature of 950°C that was enough to help produce hydrogen for 150 hours. Th...
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Energy Jobs in Japan: Investing in Education
Often we have written about the shortage of talent across various growth segments of the energy sector. This is a global challenge, with LinkedIn sharing in a report that the increase in job postings...
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TEPCO Unit Pitches Bitcoin Mining as a Way to Roll out More Renewables in Japan
The following is a condensed version of a report that was published as part of our company’s GxxD series, which examines the nexus between decarbonization (GX) and digitalization (DX) trends in Japan...
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Potential Copper Shortages Loom: Demand-Side Measures Needed
The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) forecasts that this year will see a 162,000-ton copper surplus globally, and a 94,000-ton surplus in 2025. Nevertheless, the U.S. and the EU classify coppe...
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