Accelerating Decarbonization In Fukushima To Be Enhanced By Mirai Technology

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 17:35:49 +0000

The Fukushima prefecture has been a ghost town since late 2011. Though the levels of radiation have gone down to more than acceptable levels, people have refused to come back to the area, mostly fearing the radioactive contamination of ground water. The area, however, has become a centerpiece for renewable energy and a model for […]

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Toyota Announces All-New Prius Z-Grade, To Be Available in Showrooms In Japan By March 15

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:00:20 +0000

Toyota Prius Z-GradeDriving refinement, exhilarating performance, more environmental consciousness, and even cooler colors are promises of Toyota’s all-new Prius PHEV, the Z-Grade. The additional model adds to Toyota’s most successful hybrid will hit showrooms in Japan starting March 15 (JPN time). There is a differentiation between this new Z-grade and the Prius HEV launched earlier in the […]

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Speeding Up Extreme Fast Charging Capability In Lithium-Ion Batteries

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 02:49:08 +0000

Researchers show that inherent lithium ions in bioderived borate polymer enhance “extreme fast charging” capability in graphite anodes Ishikawa, Japan — Current society is transitioning en masse from fossil fuels to renewable resources and electric batteries. Despite the urgency to switch to greener methods, core challenges related to efficiency and sustainability pose a hurdle to […]

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Group Touts Milestone for Hydrogen-Boron Fusion Power

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2023 13:30:13 +0000

A California-based group said it has completed the first-ever hydrogen-boron fusion experiments to produce a sustainable fuel for utility-scale fusion power. TAE Technologies on Feb. 28, in a peer-reviewed paper published by the scientific journal Nature Communications, said its research supports the path to providing electricity from nuclear reactors fueled with hydrogen-boron, also known as […]

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Is Toyota Circling The Drain? Will It Take Japan With It?

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2023 04:41:29 +0000

Paul Wildman with David Waterworth. (Certification chatGTP was not used in the writing of this article.) Recent conservations with my mate, retired economics professor Dr Paul Wildman, have led to this article. The entire Japanese auto industry, and especially Toyota, appears to be in denial about the global ascendency of electric drivetrains. To EV or […]

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First LNG-Fired CCGT Unit Begins Operation at JERA’s Giant Modernized Gas Plant in Japan 

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 18:34:34 +0000

Japanese power generator JERA has launched commercial operation of the first of three liquefied natural gas (LNG)–fueled 650-MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) units that will modernize the Anegasaki Thermal Power Station, a mammoth 3.2-GW, six-unit gas and oil power plant in Chiba Prefecture.  The new Anegasaki Thermal Power Station Unit 1, opened on Feb. […]

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2022 Set a Global Record for Coal Generation

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:12:00 +0000

The recent shake-up in natural gas markets and their ensuing impact on energy security, and geopolitical tension, dramatically altered the trajectory of global coal-fired generation, sending it soaring to

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Japan’s Largest Power Generator Signs Deals in Pursuit of Ammonia for Coal Power Plant Co-Firing Project

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 21:46:46 +0000

JERA Co. Inc., Japan’s largest power generation company, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) “for potential collaboration for the joint project development and sales & purchase of clean ammonia” with CF Industries Holdings Inc., the world’s largest producer of ammonia. Under the MOU, JERA and CF Industries have agreed “to jointly study […]

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POWER Digest [January 2023]

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 05:10:52 +0000

Brazil Formally Restarts Construction of Angra 3 Nuclear Reactor. Eletronuclear, a mixed-ownership subsidiary of Brazilian state-run power group Eletrobras, has resumed construction of Angra 3, a 1.4-GW

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The 12 Most-Read POWER Global Monitor Articles of 2022

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 22:27:11 +0000

Every month, POWER magazine publishes several articles in its Global Monitor section covering topics important to the electric power generation industry. The articles typically feature interesting updates on progress made at notable projects around the world, big policy changes, or promising research and development (R&D) news. Short notes about major contracts are also touched on […]

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