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Hideki Yamano, general manager of the wind power and water infrastructure business department from Japan's Sumitomo Corporation said: “Sumitomo regards renewable energy as a core business area and is proactively fostering its wind, biomass, and ...

Canada has appealed a recent WTO dispute panel finding that local content requirements for renewable energy generation in the province of Ontario violate international trade rules. Despite the favourable outcome, the EU and Japan - who had tabled the ...

Cape Wind officials are also still looking for a buyer for about a quarter of the wind farm's power, although the company could move forward with a smaller project if necessary. National Grid has agreed to buy 50 percent of Cape Wind's power and NStar has ...

JFE Holdings Inc.’s engineering unit won an order to design and construct a geothermal plant in southwestern Japan.

Solar PV demand in the Asia-Pacific region will increase 50 percent to 13.5 gigawatts (GW) in 2013, with China, Japan, India, and Australia continuing to dominate the solar spectrum in the region, accounting for 90 percent of demand for this year, according to analysis from NPD Solarbuzz. But each country is evolving with its own set of criteria and market drivers, selecting PV suppliers and

Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., a Japanese oil refiner, plans to become a global leader in solar-cell output as it diversifies to benefit from clean-energy subsidies.

Solar photovoltaic demand from the Asia Pacific (APAC) region is forecast to grow to 13.5 GW in 2013, growing 50% year-over-year, according to a new report from NPD Solarbuzz. China, Japan, India and Australia remain dominant for PV demand in the ...

The 16.7MW wind farm will help Japan to achieve its aim of generating over 10% of its 2008 domestic electric power demand from wind power by 2050. Eurus Energy, the largest wind developer in Japan, already owns and operates over 2.2GW of wind ...

(PRWEB) February 13, 2013 -- Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand from the Asia Pacific (APAC) region is forecast to grow to 13.5 GW in 2013, growing 50% Y/Y, according to the NPD Solarbuzz Q1'13 Asia Pacific Major PV Markets Quarterly report. China, Japan ...

TOKYO, Feb 13 (Bernama) -- Financial institutions in Japan are turning to solar power generation as a new earnings source amid an economic slump that is putting off borrowers, Japan's Jiji Press reported.

Japan aims to triple its wind power capacity to 7.5 million kilowatts by developing transmission grids in the Hokkaido and the Tohoku regions. According to the Japan Wind Power Association, Japan could have 50 gigawatts of wind-generated electricity by ...

Experts also attribute the slower growth in Japan's wind power generation capacity to the lengthy environment impact assessment process and regulations on the conversion of farmland to wind farm usage. By prefecture, Aomori Prefecture in northeastern ...

Following the example of Goldman Sachs Group Inc, some of Japan's biggest banks are investing in the domestic solar power industry. Investments are expected to skyrocket and turn it into a $19 billion industry, eight times the 2012 investment in Japanese ...

The subsidy program Japan's government started in July is forecast to turn it into the world's third-largest market for solar power in 2013 behind China and either the U.S. or Italy, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The incentive pays about triple the ... Domestic shipments of solar cells and modules soared to 627 megawatts in the quarter from July to September, 80 percent more than the same period in 2011, the Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association said