Japan renewable energy Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:48:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 The Necessary Evil: Japan to Restart Two Nuclear Reactors in Fukui Prefecture https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oi-nuclear-plant-restart-20120619/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oi-nuclear-plant-restart-20120619/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:48:33 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=25079 Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda approved the restart of reactors 3 and 4 at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, owned by Kansai Electric Power Company. This is the first plant to come online after the total shutdown from last month, which left Japan with zero nuclear contribution to the power grid. The […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/oi-nuclear-plant-restart-20120619/feed/ 1 25079 Japan Plans to Subsidize Renewable Energy Prices Starting 2012 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/japanese-renewable-energy-subsidy-20110830/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/japanese-renewable-energy-subsidy-20110830/#respond Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:03:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=20288 Following example from Germany, Spain and other countries, the Japanese government has just approved a bill a few days ago that would allow renewable energy producers to upload electricity to the grid at premium, subsidized prices. The bill will be enabled on July 1, 2012 and will subsidize solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and hydroelectric power, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/japanese-renewable-energy-subsidy-20110830/feed/ 0 20288 Japan Says Farewell to Nuclear Power and Welcomes Wind Power https://www.greenoptimistic.com/japan-wind-power-20110520/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/japan-wind-power-20110520/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 19:46:20 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=18725 Japan is planning to switch from nuclear power to renewable energy in the near future. This news probably doesn't come as a surprise, given the country's recent nuclear disaster. The population itself is so shaken with the events that two thirds of it are now supporting the government's project to invest in wind and solar power. The idea is to make Japan rely entirely on renewable sources by 2050, which is a pretty high standard from what it has today.

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