March 3, 2008 (Reuters) – The fund, to be set up jointly with the United States and Britain, is expected be the largest ever of its type, with total investment of about 500 billion yen ($4.82 billion), the Nikkei said.
By investing in technologies such as wind and solar power in less developed countries, participating governments [...]
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Japan may invest $1.93 billion in climate fund
Posted in Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Climate Change, Japan, Solar, U.K., U.S., Wind on March 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Carbon Capital to invest RM150m in biogas, biomass plants
Posted in Biodiesel, Biogas, Biomass, Carbon Credits, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Conservation, Crude Palm Oil, Japan, Malaysia, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Small-hydro, Waste Management, Waste to Energy on March 5, 2008 | 11 Comments »
March 3, 2008 (The Edge Daily) – Carbon Capital Corp Sdn Bhd will launch RM150 million worth of biogas and biomass projects in Sarawak next month as part of its long-term strategy for growth.
“We will be launching four biogas projects and one 10 megawatt biomass power plant there, utilising empty fruit bunches (from oil palm).
“These [...]
Japanese govt to push high-tech ways to reduce CO2
Posted in Carbon Offset, Carbon capture, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Japan, Legislation, Solar on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
March 2, 2008 (Daily Yomiuri) – The government and business groups are set to jointly promote the use of 21 revolutionary new technologies, such as an advanced form of solar-power generation and underground storage of carbon dioxide emissions, as part of a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions, government sources said Saturday.
Adoption of the plan, [...]
Sharp looks abroad for thin-film solar cell output
Posted in Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Japan, Solar, Thin-film Solar on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
February 27, 2008 (Reuters) – Japan’s Sharp Corp, which aims to become the world’s biggest maker of solar cells, is looking abroad to raise annual output of thin-film solar cells by sixfold to 6,000 megawatts after 2012 and beat silicon shortages.
Sharp aims to raise its annual thin-film solar cell production capacity “as soon as possible” [...]
Lehman starts emissions trading in Japan, will sell UN credits
Posted in Carbon Credits, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Japan, Renewable Energy on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
February 26, 2008 (Bloomberg) – Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the fourth-largest U.S. securities firm, said it would trade United Nation emission credits in Japan, the first non-Japanese bank to win permission to buy and sell the environmental products there. Lehman has opened an account in Japan’s emissions registry, an ownership tracking system, the bank said [...]
Sharp, KEPCO planning on Japan’s largest solar power plant
Posted in Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Japan, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreement, Solar on February 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
February 15, 2008 (Power Engineering) – Sharp and Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO) are planning to jointly build Japan’s biggest solar power generation plant in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. The new plant will have a total electricity generation capacity of 10 MW, informed sources said. For the plant, Sharp and Kansai Electric are planning to lease [...]
Asia’s tigers eye nuclear future
Posted in ADB, Australia, China, Clean Energy, Hydro, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Legislation, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nuclear, Philippines, Singapore, Solar, Thailand, Vietnam on February 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
February 15, 2008 (Asia Times) – The 2005-07 spike in petroleum prices topping out at US$100 a barrel has prodded economic planners across the globe to reconsider their energy options in an age of growing concern over global warming and carbon emissions. The Southeast Asian economies, beneficiaries of an oil and gas export bonanza through [...]
Malaysian-Japan JV In RM1 Bln Biodiesel, Jatropha & Biogas Deal In Sarawak
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Biogas, Carbon Credits, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Crude Palm Oil, Diesel, Japan, Malaysia on February 13, 2008 | 11 Comments »
February 12, 2008 (Bernama) – Carbon Capital Corporation Sdn Bhd will join hands with Japan Carbon Mercantile Co. Ltd to develop a multi-feedstock diesel plant in Tanjung Manis in Sarawak, Jatropha and oil palm plantations as well as a biogas renewable projects in the state covering five years involving investments no less than RM1 billion [...]
Japanese government to draft plan to boost green businesses
Posted in Air Pollution, Carbon Credits, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Climate Change, Emissions Reduction, Japan, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Solar, Waste Management on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
February 11, 2008 (Yomiuri Shimbun) – The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry plans to expand the nation’s environment-focused business sector to about 83 trillion yen in 2015, from 59 trillion yen in 2005, sources said. In June, the ministry plans to draw up policies to achieve this target that will include proposals for popularizing environmentally [...]
Fukuda pledges $40 billion to combat climate change
Posted in Carbon Credits, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Climate Change, Emissions Reduction, Energy Efficiency, GHG, Japan, Legislation on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
January, 26, 2008 (Bloomberg) – Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda vowed to cut carbon emissions and earmark funds to help developing nations cope with global warming, in a bid to take a leading role in combating climate change. Over the next five years, Japan will spend $30 billion on new environmental technology at home [...]
