Rosneft Oil Company has held a seminar on the organisation of the company’s procurement activities in the format of a video conference. The event was attended online by representatives of more than 20 leading Japanese suppliers and contractors. The seminar was arranged as subject to the agreements achieved at the …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Sends World-First Shipment of Blue Ammonia to Japan
Saudi Aramco, which made the announcement Sunday, produced the fuel, which it does by converting hydrocarbons into hydrogen and then ammonia, and capturing the carbon dioxide byproduct. Japan will receive 40 tons of blue ammonia in the first shipment, Aramco said. Ammonia can be burned in thermal power stations without …
Read More »Equinor Eyes Japanese Offshore Wind Market
Equinor said Wednesday it has partnered up with utilities Jera and J-Power to jointly bid in Japan’s planned first offshore wind auction, Kallanish Energy reports. Together the consortium plans to submit a bid to develop two offshore wind farms as soon as the Japanese government officially launches the tender. The …
Read More »Japan to Provide Long-Term Support to Mauritius after Oil Spill
Japan will provide long-term assistance to help Mauritius deal with the cleanup from an oil spill caused by the July grounding of a Japanese-owned freighter, the government’s top spokesman said Wednesday. Noting the assistance will not be restricted to preventing the further spread of the oil or its removal, Chief …
Read More »Japan to Send Third Relief Team to Mauritius in Wake of Oil Spill
Japan will dispatch a third relief team to Mauritius on Wednesday to help the island nation’s response to an oil leak from a Japanese freighter that ran aground in July. The six-member team will help conduct detailed investigations of mangroves, coral reefs, wildlife and seawater quality to assess the impact …
Read More »China, U.S. Account for 50% of Global Wind Capacity, 46% of Solar
China continues to be the world’s largest producer of renewable power from wind as well as solar photovoltaics, according to the International Energy Agency’s Key World Energy Statistics report, released on Thursday. The country accounts for 28.7% of global wind production, supplied by an installed capacity of 184GW, and 31.9% …
Read More »Japan to Exceed 2030 Renewables Target Supported by US$100 Billion Investments
Over US$100 billion of investment in wind and solar power plants are expected to push the renewables share to 27% of Japan’s generation mix by 2030, exceeding the country’s target, says Wood Mackenzie. Outlined in the 5th Strategic Energy Plan, Japan had aimed for between 22% and 24% of the …
Read More »Ship Leaking Tonnes of Oil Off Mauritius Splits Apart
A grounded Japanese-owned ship that leaked tonnes of oil near protected areas off the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius has split apart, with remaining fuel spreading into the turquoise waters. The bulk carrier struck a coral reef off Mauritius on July 25 and its hull began to crack after …
Read More »U.S., Japan, Others Call for Halting Oil Products Exports to N. Korea
A total of 43 countries including the United States, Japan and South Korea claimed on Friday that North Korea’s imports of oil products so far this year had exceeded an annual ceiling of 500,000 barrels under U.N. Security Council resolutions. The countries made the claim in a document submitted to …
Read More »TEPCO RP Invests in 108MW Hydropower Project in Georgia
The recent acquisition of 31.4% of the shares in JSC Dariali Energy will allow TEPCO RP to own 33.9MW of the total capacity.
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