Residential solar PV sales in Japan topped the 1-gW mark in 2011. More broadly, renewable energy momentum is building as Japan prepares to implement a national feed-in tariff July 1.
In the wake of public protests opposing nuclear energy, at least one elected official has joined the cause. Tokaimura Mayor Tatsuya Murakami called on the federal government to decommission the nuclear reactor in his town 68 miles northeast of Tokyo. The reactor, which has had some problems in the past, has been shut down for routine maintenance since the tsunami and resulting nuclear incidents of March 11 this year.
As always, there were many great cleantech stories that I wanted to cover this week but couldn’t get to. It is literally one of the most frustrating things about this job — too many good stories. Here are 10 more from this week that I was planning to write on but couldn’t….
China hasn’t taken long to learn a lesson from the Japan nuclear crisis (perhaps). It is cutting its 2020 target for nuclear power and is filling in with increased solar power targets, according to an official from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
One of my readers recently commented on one of my posts: “Wow, you’re quite the news nerd.” Yes, I guess I am. I have been following cleantech news obsessively for awhile (not to mention environmental science, climate change, food, and animal news), in an effort to be the best cleantech blogger I can be. This, for me, includes cleantech breakthroughs, cleantech projects, cleantech business trends, and cleantech politics.
