japan Archives - Renew Economy

Battery

“This is a big deal:” Akaysha signs Japanese battery storage deal with trading house
Akaysha teams up with Japanese trading house to build up to 20 big batteries in Japan.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 11, 2023

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Storage

Lithium-air battery achieves world-leading energy density
Japanese researchers say their lithium-air battery has shown some of the highest energy densities and best cycle life performances ever achieved.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 21, 2022

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Coal

Japan’s new energy strategy exposes folly of Australia’s “gas led recovery”
Japan to double renewables targets for 2030 and slashing expected generation from coal and gas, in blow to Australian fossil fuel exports.
Michael Mazengarb

Jul 22, 2021

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Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Olympic flame to use renewable hydrogen as Tokyo makes pitch for ‘carbon free future’
Japan wants the Olympics to be a vision for a ‘carbon free future’, including by fuelling the Olympic cauldron with renewable hydrogen.
Michael Mazengarb

Jul 19, 2021

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Coal

Australia-Japan coal trade in spotlight, as groups call for it to end by 2030
Environment and research groups says emissions from Australian coal sold to Japan almost equals Australia’s entire domestic emissions.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 4, 2021

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Electric Vehicles

Japan to ban fossil fuel car sales by 2035. Will Australia follow or become a Cuba?
Reports emerge that Japan may ban all new petrol and diesel sales by 2035, leaving Australia with nothing to do but fall in line, or bury its head in the petrol tank.
Bridie Schmidt

Dec 7, 2020

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Stanwell partners with Japan’s Iwatani to develop Gladstone green hydrogen export hub
Queensland’s Stanwell Corp partners with Japanese hydrogen giant Iwatani to kick start work towards Gladstone green hydrogen export terminal.
Michael Mazengarb

Dec 1, 2020

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ScoMo is the lone voice pushing gas in a world that looks to carbon neutrality
As more countries get behind carbon neutral targets – Scott Morrison stands alone as the only world leader who thinks economic recovery can be built on fossil fuels.
Martina Linnenluecke

Oct 30, 2020

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Japan, Australia’s biggest coal and gas customer, to adopt 2050 zero emissions target
Australia’s largest buyer of gas and coal, Japan, set to announce a commitment to zero emissions by 2050.
Michael Mazengarb

Oct 22, 2020

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Renewables

Japan set to push past 2030 renewable energy target
Massive investment in solar and wind is forecast to send Japan past its established renewable energy target of between 22-24% by 2030.
Joshua S Hill

Aug 21, 2020

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Battery

Redox flow big battery tapped for Hokkaidō grid in Japan
Sumitomo Electric tapped to install 17MW/51MWh redox flow big battery system in Hokkaidō, Japan, as it adds more than 150MW of new wind power generation.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 17, 2020

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Hydrogen

Japan begins solar powered hydrogen production at Fukushima plant
FH2R project completed at former nuclear hub, able to produce “green” hydrogen powered by a 20MW solar farm and some grid power.
Joshua S Hill

Mar 11, 2020

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