News from Japan
Siemens Gamesa and Vestas Score Points in Asia With New Orders
23 Jul 2020 15:27 | Zamudio, Spain / Randers, Denmark - Wind turbine manufacturers Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and Vestas announce new orders from Asia. Siemens Gamesa has been awarded the contract for the largest nearshore project in Vietnam to date. Vestas will supply the wind turbines for a 40 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Japan. read more...
Vestas Receives Order for Turbine Delivery for First Japanese Utility-Scale Offshore Wind Farm Akita Noshiro
08 Apr 2020 09:40 | Randers, Denmark – Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has received an order from MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, the joint venture between Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, to supply 33 Vestas V117-4.2MW typhoon variant turbines for Akita Noshiro Offshore Wind Farm Project. read more...
Starting Signal for the Expansion of Offshore Wind Energy in Japan
06 Feb 2020 09:56 | Tokyo, Japan - Marubeni Corporation announced that, through a special purpose company called Akita Offshore Wind Corporation, it has decided to implement the construction, operation and maintenance of offshore wind farms at Akita Port and Noshiro Port in Akita Prefecture. read more...
RWE Renewables Opens First Office in Asia
31 Oct 2019 14:42 | Essen, Germany - RWE Renewables announced the opening of its first Asian office in Tokyo, Japan. read more...
Battery Costs in Stationary Energy Could Fall by up to 66 Percent
06 Oct 2017 13:30 | Tokyo, Japan - The cost of battery storage for stationary applications could fall by up to 66 per cent by 2030. The falling price of batteries could stimulate 17-fold growth of installed battery storage, opening up a number of new commercial and economic opportunities. These are main results of a new report published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). read more...
ISE Group, Total and Sunpower Start Up Solar Power Plant in Japan
19 Apr 2017 16:19 | Paris - ISE Group, Total and Sunpower have started up a 27-megawatt-peak photovoltaic power plant in Nanao on Japan read more...
Canadian Solar Energises Solar Power Plants in Japan
18 Jan 2017 16:44 | Guelph, Canada -- Canadian Solar Inc. announced that it started the commercial operation of two solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants, totaling 12.7 MW in Japan. read more...
Nanoparticle Boost for Solar-Powered Water Heating
22 Nov 2016 09:03 | Tsukuba, Japan - A highly-efficient, nanoparticle-based method for heating water and generating water vapor from sunlight is demonstrated by WPI-MANA scientists in Japan. read more...
Ballard Power and Toyota Tsusho Sign Distribution Agreement For Fuel Cell Products in Japan
18 Aug 2016 16:24 | Vancouver, Canada read more...
Senvion Secures Order in Japan and Opens Office in Tokyo
04 May 2016 09:22 | Hamburg, Germany /Tokyo, Japan read more...
