Kyocera Installs Solar Power at Manufacturing Sites
JAPAN - Kyocera Corporation is to install solar power generating systems at six domestic plants by March 2011, generating a total of 593kW.

First Offshore Wind Farm Starts Operation
JAPAN - Japan'sfirst offshore wind farm started operations this month.

Rainbow Trout DDGS Feeding Trials In Japan
JAPAN - Since April of this year, Japan has been experimenting with US distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) as a feed ingredient for rainbow trout at a commercial aquaculture farm in...

Japan’s Biomass Demand Rises in March
JAPAN - Japan's biomass consumption in March rose by 52.8pc from a year earlier to 171,373 tonnes amid increased industrial activity in the country for the month.

Jatropha Test Plots at Narita Airport
JAPAN - A Japanese airport has started to test grow jatropha, which it sees as a potential biofuel source for aircraft in the future.

Sharp Starts Solar Plant at Sakai
JAPAN - Sharp Corporation has started to produce thin-film solar cells in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

Biofuel from Euglena
JAPAN - Japanese oil company, Nippon Oil and Hitachi subsidiary Hitachi Plant Technologies have joined forces to develop jet fuel from a single celled pond and lake organism, Euglena.

SunPower Signs 32MW Solar Deal With Toshiba
JAPAN - Toshiba is to order 32MW of high-efficiency solar panels from SunPower this year as part of Toshiba's new residential solar offering in Japan, to be launched on 1 April.

Kansai Electric Plans 6MW Wind Power Plant
JAPAN - Japanese power company Kansai Electric saw operating revenue fall by 6.9 per cent in the first nine months of the year.

Toyota Tsusho to Produce Jatropha as Biofuel
JAPAN - Toyota Tsusho Corp., the trading affiliate of Toyota Motor Corp., plans to start growing jatropha next year as it bets that higher crop yields and oil prices will make the plant a profitable...

Toshiba Awarded Major Order for Solar Power Project
JAPAN — Toshiba Corporation has won a major contract to develop a solar power generation project for Tokyo Electric Power Company, under which Toshiba's systems will be installed in the Ukishima...

MHI to Start Operation of Demonstration Plant
JAPAN - A cellulosic bioethanol demonstration plant constructed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), Hakutsuru Sake Brewing Co., Ltd. and Kansai Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. is about...

Research into Solar Power from Space
JAPAN - Japan's Aearospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is leading the way with other research team in the study of solar power production from space.

Biotechnology Can Address Global Mega Trends
JAPAN - Innovations in biotechnology can help address the growing global demand for food and fibre and reduce dependence on fossil fuels, DuPont Executive Vice President James C. Borel, told...

Two Solar Plants Planned for Nagasaki
JAPAN - Kyushu Electric Power has put forward plans to build two large solar power plants on former coal-fired power station sites in Nagasaki Prefecture.

Producing Bioethanol from Brown Rice
JAPAN - Japan is producing bioethanol from brown rice to use as a blend with traditional petrol.

Japanese Dairy Hungry for DDGS
JAPAN - About four years ago the U.S. Grains Council, in collaboration with the local dairy industry and universities, introduced distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to the Japanese...

Practical Application of DDGS in Feed Under Study
JAPAN - Distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS), a co-product of US ethanol production, is a valuable feed ingredient the US Grains Council has been working to promote in Japan and around...

Sake Brewer to Start Biofuel Production
JAPAN - A Japanese sake brewer is to start ethanol production at the country's largest biofuel plant using rice imported by the government.

Petrobras Produces Ethanol-petrol Mix in Japan
JAPAN - Brazilian petroleum giant Petrobras has started to produce petrol with a mixture of three per cent ethanol (E3) in Japan - the first step to sell ethanol on the Asian market.

Japanese Firms Research Cellulosic Ethanol
TOKYO - A group of Japanese companies are to set up a research body to look into the development of biofuels from cellulose products.

Flying High on Camelina
JAPAN - Japan Airlines (JAL) has become the first airline to conduct a demonstration flight using a sustainable biofuel primarily refined from the energy crop, camelina.

JAL Take Off with Biofuel Aviation
JAPAN - Today, Japan Airlines (JAL) became the first airline to conduct a demonstration flight using a sustainable biofuel primarily refined from the energy crop, camelina.

Greener Biodiesel Production
JAPAN - A Japanese research group succeeded has developed pilot-scale production of biodiesel at a test plant for the "non-catalytic superheated methanol method".

Large Solar Plants to Be Built in Kawasaki
JAPAN - Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Monday agreed with the city of Kawasaki to build two large-scale solar power plants.