News from Japan
Solar Instead of Nuclear Energy: Juwi Shizen Energy Builds 100 MW Solar Park in Japan
12 Apr 2021 15:41 | Tokyo, Japan / Wörrstadt, Germany - Following the reactor accident in Fukushima, the Japanese government has been pushing the expansion of solar energy in particular as part of its efforts to restructure the country's energy supply. read more...
EU Commission Approves Vestas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Offshore Wind Transaction
03 Dec 2020 11:01 | Aarhus, Denmark - Recently Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Vestas) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) announced an agreement to expand their partnership in offshore wind energy. The transaction between Vestas and MHI was subject to regulatory approvals by the competition authorities. read more...
Canadian Solar Wins Contract for Two Solar Parks in Japan
16 Nov 2020 10:22 | Guelph, Canada - The solar energy company Canadian Solar has been awarded two projects in Japan in the 6th FIT auction. read more...
Juwi Joint Venture in Japan Successful
20 Oct 2020 14:37 | Wörrstadt, Germany / Tokyo, Japan - Juwi focuses nationally and internationally on the expansion of renewable energies. Expansion is currently underway in Japan, among other countries. Here Juwi is about to break ground for a large solar park through its Japanese joint venture. read more...
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...
