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Japan Moves Toward Microgrids and Distributed Power Generation

September 25, 2017 by Alyssa Danigelis

To increase resiliency, Japanese cities are quietly moving away from large-scale power toward microgrids, distributed generation, and smart energy systems, Reuters reports. The switch is being led by Higashi-Matsushima, a coastal city of nearly 40,000 in Miyagi Prefecture that was hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Supported by the ... Read more »

Toyota Constructs Zero-Emissions Building

September 12, 2016December 5, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Toyota has installed stationary pure hydrogen fuel cells at a zero-emissions facility at its Honsha Plant in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The new building is part of the automaker’s efforts to achieve its 2050 global environmental goal to eliminate carbon emissions in all operations. The pure hydrogen fuel cells, ... Read more »

GE Hitachi Pumps Improve Nuclear Plant Safety

September 1, 2015August 31, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

General Electric Hitachi Nuclear Energy is working with utility customers in Japan to deliver turbine water lubricated (TWL) pumps manufactured by ClydeUnion Pumps, an SPX brand. The steam-powered pumps are designed to ensure emergency reactor cooling in the event of a complete station blackout and can function when fully submerged ... Read more »

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Upgrades Waste-to-Energy Plant

July 27, 2015July 27, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering will upgrade a waste-to-energy plant in Japan, revamping three stoker furnace type incinerators with a collective processing capacity of 330 tons per day. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries received the order from the Amachiku Environmental Office Association, an organization encompassing seven municipal entities in southwestern ... Read more »

Boeing Biofuel ‘Roadmap’ to 2020 Olympics Takes Flight

July 10, 2015July 10, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Boeing and Japanese aviation industry stakeholders have charted a course to develop sustainable aviation biofuel for flights during the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The Initiatives for Next Generation Aviation Fuels — a consortium of 46 organizations including Boeing, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Nippon Cargo Airlines, Japan’s ... Read more »

Toyota, Nissan, Honda Fund Hydrogen Infrastructure Project

July 6, 2015July 2, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Toyota, Nissan and Honda have agreed on key details regarding a new joint support project for the development of hydrogen station infrastructure in Japan. In addition to partially covering the operating costs of hydrogen stations — the companies will pay up to $90,000 per station — the three automakers have ... Read more »

Community Resilience Microgrid Market to Reach $1.4B by 2024

March 31, 2015 by Karen Henry

The community resilience microgrid (CRM) market is projected to reach $1.4 billion by 2024, according to a new report from Navigant Research. Trying to separate CRMs from community microgrids or utility distribution microgrids (UDMs), as well as from the larger universe of microgrids in general, is an immense challenge, according ... Read more »

Toyota Debuts Fuel-Cell Car Production Line

February 26, 2015February 26, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Toyota has launched its Mirai fuel cell sedan — the first mass market fuel-cell car — at a production ceremony on Tuesday at its Motomachi Plant in Toyota City, Japan. The automaker plans to produce 700 units of the emissions-free vehicle by the end of December, Industry Week reports. Toyota also ... Read more »

‘Disaster-Proof’ Factory Features GE Products

February 25, 2015August 2, 2019 by Karen Henry

GE Japan is participating in the “Future Disaster-Proof Factory Plan,” a disaster preparedness project being undertaken by Sekisui House’s Tohoku Factory. The Sekisui House facility is designed to be eco-friendly during normal times, durable during disasters and safe and secure for local communities and companies. To achieve cuts in peak ... Read more »

Supplier Climate Performance Leadership Index

US Supply Chains More Vulnerable to Climate Risks

January 28, 2015January 28, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Lack of preparation currently leaves supply chains in Brazil, China, India and the US more vulnerable to climate risks than those in Europe and Japan, according to a report by CDP and Accenture. Supply chain sustainability revealed: a country comparison also finds suppliers in China and India deliver the greatest ... Read more »

Japanese Ministry Requests $1,479M for Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage

January 22, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry wants to provide about $779 million to help factories and smaller businesses install devices to improve energy efficiency, reports Bloomberg. The ministry has submitted a request for a budget for energy saving devices such as LEDs and efficient boilers. In addition, the Ministry ... Read more »

Champagne Bubbles May Help to Build More Efficient Power Plants

December 23, 2014 by Karen Henry

Uncork a bottle of champagne, and as the pressure of the liquid is abruptly removed, bubbles immediately form and then rapidly begin the process of “coarsening,” in which larger bubbles grow at the expense of smaller ones. This phenomenon is known as “Ostwald ripening,” and though it is most familiar ... Read more »

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