Commentary / World Dec 5, 2016
by Leonid Bershidsky
Despite the European Union's caution on promoting renewables, Donald Trump's lack of interest is leaving the door wide open to global leadership.
Business / Corporate Dec 1, 2016
SoftBank's Asia power grid plan advances in the face of challenges
by Takaki Tominaga
Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. has been undertaking an ambitious plan to connect power grids across Asia in order to import electricity generated from renewable resources in the region. The Asia Super Grid concept was put forward by Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of the leading ...
Business Nov 25, 2016
A well-connected Indonesian marine renewable energy company and OpenHydro, a unit of French state-owned naval defense company DCNS, aim to be the first to plug into the vast untapped tidal energy potential of the world's biggest archipelago. Renewables have so far played little part in ...
Asia Pacific / Science & Health Nov 22, 2016
Beijing's air quality fell short of national standards on 179 days last year. That's one reason why the world's biggest coal consumer is likely to stick with its plan to clean up its energy supply — regardless of what President-elect Donald Trump does in ...
World / Politics Nov 14, 2016
Trump looking at fast ways to quit global climate deal: source
President-elect Donald Trump is seeking quick ways to withdraw the United States from a global accord to combat climate change, a source on his transition team said, defying broad international backing for the plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Since Trump's Nov. 8 election victory, ...
Commentary / Japan Oct 23, 2016
Can Tesla recharge Panasonic's batteries?
by William Pesek
Japan Inc. should take inspiration from Elon Musk's ambitions to shake up the future of energy and transportation.
Editorials Oct 15, 2016
The government is thinking about ways to protect major electricity suppliers from the massive costs they face to decommission their nuclear reactors.
World / Science & Health Sep 22, 2016
Paris climate agreement gets enough countries, nears second threshold for going into effect
Thirty-one countries formally joined the Paris Agreement on climate change on Wednesday, surpassing a major hurdle toward putting the landmark pact into force. The agreement cannot go into effect until 55 countries accounting for at least 55 percent of global emissions have ratified or accepted ...
Business / Corporate Sep 20, 2016
SoftBank considers Indian solar panel assembly joint venture
SoftBank Group Corp. is mulling a manufacturing joint venture in India that could produce the solar panels needed to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi's energy targets. "SoftBank's strategy for India includes solar panel manufacturing," Manoj Kohli, executive chairman of SB Energy said in an interview ...
Editorials Sep 14, 2016
Reform of the nation's electricity business is far from complete.
Business Sep 2, 2016
Philippines conference discusses nuclear power in Asia-Pacific region
A three-day international conference on the prospects of nuclear power in the Asia-Pacific region has wrapped up in Manila, finding the stigma-laden source of energy to be increasingly relevant in the region because of its continuing development and rising population, and the growing campaign ...
Business Sep 1, 2016
How new nuclear could lift renewables at a third of Hinkley cost
A former chief scientist for one of the world's biggest consumer-goods companies says he can make nuclear power cheaper and safer and wants $30 million so that he can prove it. After working 25 years at Unilever PLC, Ian Scott came out of retirement in ...