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Reports: Nippon Life Insurance to end coal power investments
Reports: Nippon Life Insurance to end coal power investments

First major Japanese institutional investor embraces coal divestment, as switch to renewable energy gathers pace

  • Investment
  • 23 July 2018
EU-Japan trade deal first to carry Paris climate clause
EU-Japan trade deal first to carry Paris climate clause

The world's largest ever trade deal is also the first Europe has signed that commits both parties to upholding the UN climate accord

  • Policy
  • 18 July 2018
Global briefing: Ontario ditches carbon pricing in climate challenge to Trudeau
Global briefing: Ontario ditches carbon pricing in climate challenge to Trudeau

BusinessGreen brings you this week's green economy headlines from around the world

  • Management
  • 06 July 2018
US launches nuclear initiative to cut carbon with Canada, Japan, UK
US launches nuclear initiative to cut carbon with Canada, Japan, UK

While the Trump administration generally avoids discussion of climate change, it is participating in a coalition to promote 'clean, reliable' nuclear power

  • Nuclear
  • 24 May 2018
'Launch pad': Moixa inks Japanese energy storage export deal
'Launch pad': Moixa inks Japanese energy storage export deal

UK start up secures £5m investment from Itochu Corporation, as part of deal that will see it gain access to fast-growing Japanese market

  • Technology
  • 29 January 2018
Convenient clean power: Seven-Eleven and Toyota team up for fuel cell trial
Convenient clean power: Seven-Eleven and Toyota team up for fuel cell trial

Japanese trial to deploy fuel cell, batteries, and energy management systems in bid to slash emissions from convenience store chain

  • Automotive
  • 10 August 2017
Vattenfall in talks to develop Great Yarmouth offshore wind operations base
Vattenfall in talks to develop Great Yarmouth offshore wind operations base

Swedish renewable energy firm in negotiations with Peel Ports to invest in Norfolk coastal town, potentially creating 150 jobs

  • Wind
  • 07 July 2017
Clean energy investment endures 2016 turbulence as key markets experience slowdown
Clean energy investment endures 2016 turbulence as key markets experience slowdown

Report confirms clean energy investment levels dipped last year, despite some encouraging technology and policy progress

  • Investment
  • 12 January 2017
Japan's financial institutions stoking climate risks, study shows
Japan's financial institutions stoking climate risks, study shows

Over the past five years financial companies invested almost $110bn into fossil fuel and nuclear power sectors, bucking global trend in favour of renewable energy investment

  • Investment
  • 10 August 2016
New nuclear projects in Wales must be 'cost-competitive' with renewables, say MPs
New nuclear projects in Wales must be 'cost-competitive' with renewables, say MPs

Planned nuclear sites in North Wales should only go ahead if government can prove development is 'value for money', as Business Secretary Greg Clark visits Japan to fan investor interest in UK nuclear projects

  • Nuclear
  • 26 July 2016
Japan's latest giant floating turbine sets sail
Japan's latest giant floating turbine sets sail

Giant 5MW Hitachi turbine becomes third floating turbine to be deployed as part of FukushimaFORWARD project

  • Wind
  • 06 July 2016
G7 leaders call on aviation industry to agree market-based measure
G7 leaders call on aviation industry to agree market-based measure

Joint statement from G7 leaders in Japan recognises the "urgent need" for the aviation industry to adopt zero-carbon growth strategy by 2020

  • Politics
  • 27 May 2016
How 106-year-old Hitachi aims to lead on sustainability solutions
How 106-year-old Hitachi aims to lead on sustainability solutions

Only a relative handful of companies live to be centenarians, let alone get a chance to reinvent themselves for the digital age

  • Technology
  • 20 May 2016
Study: Japanese coal expansion plans facing $56bn stranded asset risk
Study: Japanese coal expansion plans facing $56bn stranded asset risk

Planned fleet of new coal-fired power stations would massively exceed current capacity requirements, according to University of Oxford research

  • CCS
  • 11 May 2016
Japan now has more electric car charge points than petrol stations
Japan now has more electric car charge points than petrol stations

Survey finds 35,000 filling stations overtaken by more than 40,000 recharge points - although many belong to private owners

  • Automotive
  • 10 May 2016
Hurricane Katrina is the real parallel for Fukushima, not Chernobyl
Hurricane Katrina is the real parallel for Fukushima, not Chernobyl

Energy for Humanity's Kirsty Gogan reflects on a recent visit for Fukushima that revealed an economy and a community slowly recovering from disaster

  • Nuclear
  • 10 May 2016
Japan details plan for post-Paris Agreement carbon cuts
Japan details plan for post-Paris Agreement carbon cuts

Environment Ministry unveils new plan to step up energy saving measures and cut emissions 26 per cent by 2030

  • Policy
  • 16 March 2016
Why Nagasaki believes it can become the gateway for ocean energy in Asia
Why Nagasaki believes it can become the gateway for ocean energy in Asia

Japanese port city plans to draw upon 'rich history' of ship building and favourable natural resources to develop pioneering marine energy hub that promises to inject new power into its local economy

  • Marine
  • 24 February 2016
Proven clean technologies can deliver massive emissions cuts, report finds
Proven clean technologies can deliver massive emissions cuts, report finds

Think tank Sitra highlights a range of solutions already reducing emissions around the world which could be scaled up to meet the emissions gap

  • Policy
  • 20 November 2015
Toyota unveils carbon neutral hydrogen supply chain pilot
Toyota unveils carbon neutral hydrogen supply chain pilot

Pilot scheme in Japan will use wind power to generate clean hydrogen fuel for use in forklift trucks

  • Energy
  • 09 September 2015
Solar power supplies 10 per cent of Japan's peak demand

Surge in solar installations following Fukushima nuclear disaster boosts output to 15GWh at peak time

  • Solar
  • 07 September 2015
Japanese start-up raises £9.2m to accelerate rollout of electric sports car

Company says latest round of funding will support domestic sales and the development of a left-hand-drive version of the car

  • Automotive
  • 27 August 2015
Japan switches on first nuclear reactor since Fukushima disaster

Announcement is welcomed by nuclear advocates, but environmental campaigners warn decision is "risking Japan's safety"

  • Nuclear
  • 11 August 2015
Japan's 26 per cent emissions target: As ambitious as the US and EU?

Jonathan Grant considers the level of ambition contained in Japan's emission reduction target

  • Policy
  • 21 July 2015
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