Japan

Japan predicted to restart 19 nuclear reactors by March 2018

It will generate around 119.8TWh of electricity per year.

Japan predicted to restart 19 nuclear reactors by March 2018

It will generate around 119.8TWh of electricity per year.

Hybridisation – energy sources, intelligence, and human consumption

Several months ago, I happened to see an NHK World's web-based documentary on a Japanese city called Kashiwa-no-ha (KNH) "Smart City" – an institutional collaborative initiative partnering municipal (Chiba Prefecture, Kashiwa City), commercial/business, and educational (universities) entities1.

Bloomberg predicts 1% dip in nuclear's global share

Installed capacity share will fall to just 4% in 2040.

Magnitude 5 quake shakes Tokyo, Tokai NPP operations get suspended

2.0-magnitude aftershocks rattled areas near Tokai NPP.

Will Japan ever stop its love affair with coal financing?

The country provided $22b for coal projects overseas.

How is Asia's nuke industry five years post-Fukushima disaster?

Much has been learnt, but will nuke generation be revived in Japan?

Japan's Shikoku Electric to scrap one nuclear unit, restart another

Its oldest reactor at Ikata NPP will be decommissioned in May.