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The tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s operator says it began releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday — a controversial step that prompted China to ban seafood from Japan. In a live video from a control room at the plant, Tokyo Electric …

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) said on Monday that it had won the rights to develop up to 1.9 gigawatts (GW) of floating offshore wind capacity across two projects in Scotland together with Norway-based company Vargronn. Many once-conventional energy and power companies around the globe are switching their attention …

Around 12.1 trillion yen ($82 billion) has already been spent to deal with the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, according to sources at the Board of Audit of Japan. That means more than half of the government’s total estimated cost of 21.5 trillion yen, including …

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and the government are considering a plan to release treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the sea about 1 kilometer from the coast, informed sources said Tuesday. The plan calls for a pipeline to be set up …

The utility plans to build an on-site facility to store spent nuclear fuel from the plant.

Nuclear power provided about 30% of Japan’s power prior to the earthquake.

The merger will operate under the Idemitsu Showa Shell trade name.

Around 161.000 tons of treated water has 10 to 100 times the limit for release into the sea.

The renewable energy business is promising as a core business that replaces the fuel and thermal power generation businesses.

Such a move is part of the company’s strategy to reduce reliance on oil and cut emissions.