Japan

Japanese expand lending for solar projects

Now financing domestic solar projects using foreign equipment.

Japanese expand lending for solar projects

Now financing domestic solar projects using foreign equipment.

Solar power market surges in Japan

Domestic shipments of solar cells and modules highest in the last 30 years.

Japan overhauls nuclear safety guidelines

It’s the first overhaul since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.

Itochu consortium, Gazprom to build LNG plant

Plant will help sate Japan's growing energy needs.

Monju Nuclear Power Plant “unsafer” than thought

Lack of safety checks more serious than first admitted.

South Korean PV cells for Japan’s largest PV project

Hanwha Q CELLS to equip 82 MW PV plant in Oita.

New Japanese firm developing renewable power projects

Will build a solar plant at Tamana Gun, southern Japan.

Sharp claims world’s most efficient solar cells

Compound solar cells used in lens-based concentrator system.

Hanwha boosts presence in Japanese solar market

Expansion fueled by Japan’s growing need for solar energy.

Japan and Venezuela strengthen energy ties

Top officials meet to discuss energy joint ventures.

SoftBank invests in wind farm

Wind farm will have a capacity of 48 megawatts.

Japan boosting investments in power industry

Will invest US$299 billion over 10 years.

Nippon Paper to expand power business

Plans building large power plant in Miyagi Prefecture.

Hollande to push nuclear cooperation in Japan visit

Next-generation reactors on top of agenda.

Japan to build Vietnam's largest oil refinery

Engineering, procurement, and construction contract already awarded.

Renewable energy investments in Japan keep rising

Government vows to increase spending on renewables.