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‘People are wrestling with the burden’: Japan pivots to focus on nuclear power ‘maximisation’ alongside renewables
Post-Fukushima nuclear closures of dozens of reactors forced the country to rely heavily on imported fossil fu…
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Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work?
The site in Fukuoka is only the second power plant of its type in the world, harnessing the power of osmosis t…
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Rishi Sunak arrives in Japan to announce defence pact
PM also says Japanese businesses have invested £18bn in UK as he visits country for G7 summitRishi Sunak has a…
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Japanese-funded $500m project to extract hydrogen from Victorian coal is at risk, sources say
Exclusive: funding requests, uncertain responsibilities and a failure to secure long-term contracts has critic…
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G7 countries to stop funding fossil fuel development overseas
Ministers from world’s biggest economies reach agreement that could shift estimated $33bn a year to clean ener…
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UK’s Octopus Energy valued at $2bn after Japan supply deal
British startup in joint venture with Tokyo Gas, which buys 9.7% stake for $200mThe one-time owner of a London…
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Hitachi to pull plug on north Wales nuclear power station
Scrapping of £16bn project on Anglesey down to lack of UK government investment in new nuclear, says unionThe …
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More coal power generation closed than opened around the world this year, research finds
China continues to increase its coal power, but in India construction has ground to a near halt The size of th…
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Fukushima unveils plans to become renewable energy hub
Japan aims to power region, scene of 2011 meltdown, with 100% renewable energy by 2040Fukushima is planning to…