Skottland neste for Hywind?
Forskning og utvikling på havvind har kommet langt i de ti årene den har eksistert. Foreløpig er Hywind eneste fullskala flytende vindturbin i verden, men snart blir det flere. Norsk forskningsinnsats bidrar til å få ned kostnadene. Ill: Nowitech Både i Skottland, Japan og USA …
Read More →Japan turns to sea for next-gen renewable energy solutions
Tidal power, waves becoming viable options in field tests Alongside solar and wind, electricity generation from the oceans is gaining attention as a next-generation renewable energy source. Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. has begun tapping the tides to generate electricity, while Mitsui Engineering & …
Read More →Japan May Avoid Electricity-Saving Even If No Reactors Operating
TOKYO (Kyodo)–The Japanese government may be able to avoid issuing an order to restrict electricity usage next summer, even if the nation has no atomic power supply at that time, industry minister Yukio Edano said Friday. His comments came at a time when all of …
Read More →KEPCO, Softbank propose pan-Asian grid
KEPCO and Japan’s Softbank are discussing jointly setting up an electrical grid linking Asian countries. The project would help the country cope with energy shortages on top of advancing into overseas markets. According to KEPCO, its President and CEO Kim Joong-kyum met with Softbank President …
Read More →S. Korea’s Power Utilities Pledge to Raise Renewables Portfolios
South Korea’s 13 power utilities pledged to increase the use of renewable sources for electricity generation as the government plans an alternative-energy quota in 2012 to reduce emissions. The generators signed contracts with the government to cooperate on meeting the mandatory quotas and to install …
Read More →OWO 2012 Program Committee Calls for Presentations (Norway)
Offshore Wind Operations is an international conference focusing on all operational aspects related to planning, installation and operation of an offshore wind farm. OWO 2012 is the 2nd OWO conference and takes place in the city of Bergen, Norway on May 15th 2012. The venue …
Read More →Shippers Boost Fleets As LNG Demand Grows
TOKYO (Nikkei)–Japanese shipping companies are expanding their fleets to meet rising global demand for liquefied natural gas. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (9104), which is the world’s largest LNG transporter, plans to spend at least 100 billion yen to increase its fleet to around 100 ships …
Read More →Japan’s economy: Whose lost decade?
Japan’s economy works better than pessimists think—at least for the elderly The Economist- November 2011. THE Japanese say they suffer from an economic disease called “structural pessimism”. Overseas too, there is a tendency to see Japan as a harbinger of all that is doomed in …
Read More →The Myth of Japan’s Failure
DESPITE some small signs of optimism about the United States economy, unemployment is still high, and the country seems stalled. Time and again, Americans are told to look to Japan as a warning of what the country might become if the right path is not …
Read More →Kartlegger offshore vindenergipotensial
Christian Michelsen Research (CMR) har i høst ledet en unik sammenligningstest med tanke på utprøving av ulike teknologier for fjernmåling av offshore vindpotensial. En slik fjernmåling vil forenkle kartleggingen betraktelig, sammenlignet med å sette opp en svært høy offshore vind-mast som vil være alternativet for …
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