Posts Tagged ‘japanese’
Japan to Require Utilities to Buy Solar Power at Premium Rate (Bloomberg)
Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- The Japanese government plans to compel electricity producers to buy surplus solar power generated at households and factories and pay twice the regular rate for it as a way to increase incentives for installing solar panels. [Read More]
Energy (Euronews)
A Japanese airline has become the first Asian carrier to fly using biofuel.The Jumbo Jet took off on a 90-minute demonstration flight from Tokyo using a blend of 50 per cent standard aviation fuel mixed with oil derived from several forms of vegetation including algae. [Read More]
VW, Toshiba to develop electric car drive systems (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
FRANKFURT (AFP) - Volkswagen , Europe's biggest car maker, and the Japanese electronics group Toshiba on Thursday unveiled an accord to jointly develop electric drive units and other elements that VW said will allow it to become the first manufacturer of an affordable, [Read More]
VW, Toshiba to develop electric car drive systems (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Volkswagen, Europe's biggest car maker, and the Japanese electronics group Toshiba on Thursday unveiled an accord to jointly develop electric drive units and other elements that VW said will allow it to become the first manufacturer of an affordable, mass produced electric [Read More]
New look at Chevy’s electric car (NBC 2 Fort Myers)
General Motors is plugging in and banking on their innovative electric vehicle, the Chevy Volt. [Read More]
Kidapawan honors Japanese firm behind geothermal plants (Minda News)
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/11 Feb) -- The Japanese firm that built two geothermal power plants at Mount Apo will be given recognition by the city government of Kidapawan during the city’s foundation day on Thursday for its contributions to the upliftment of the local [Read More]
Ford First with Electric Vehicle (BusinessWeek)
True to their word Ford Motor Company has become the first of the big three to announce plans to market a pure battery electric-powered light commercial vehicle in North America. [Read More]
Brazilian Sugar Output to Reach 35.2 Million Tons, Datagro Says (Bloomberg)
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil, the world’s biggest exporter of sugar and cane-based ethanol, may produce 35.2 million metric tons of the sweetener in the 2009-10 season, about 11 percent more than a year earlier, according to Sao Paulo-based research company Datagro. [Read More]
Up, down commodity prices leave farmers uneasy (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
It wasn't so long ago that U.S. farmers were asked what they would do with their windfall profits. That was last summer, in the heady days of $8-a-bushel corn and $16-a-bushel soybeans, when it seemed farmers could count on an inexhaustible demand from ethanol manufacturers [Read More]
Japan firms look to develop cellulosic ethanol (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Nippon Oil Corp and other Japanese manufacturers including Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday they would set up a research body to develop next- generation cellulose-derived biofuels at comparatively low-cost. [Read More]
Japan firms look to develop cellulosic ethanol (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Nippon Oil Corp and other Japanese manufacturers including Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday they would set up a research body to develop next- generation cellulose-derived biofuels at comparatively low-cost. [Read More]
Japan End-Dec Coffee Stocks 101,272 Tons;Down 1.6% Vs End-Nov (INO News)
SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Green coffee stocks at Japanese ports totaled 101,272 metric tons at the end of December, down 1.6% from a month earlier, Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Monday. [Read More]
Asian, European stocks witness mixed trend (The Economic Times)
Amid financial gloom and hopes of US stimulus package, Asian and European stocks on Friday witnessed a mixed bag of fortunes even as Japanese shares tumbled on weak economic data. [Read More]
UA fundraiser for Solar Decathlon is Saturday (Tucson Citizen)
The University of Arizona College of Architecture will hold a fundraiser Saturday for its participation in the 2009 Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. [Read More]
Shikoku Elec to boost solar power capacity by 4 MW (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
TOKYO, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Japanese utility Shikoku Electric Power Co said on Thursday it plans to boost capacity at its sole solar plant by 4 megawatts in stages by the business year that starts in April 2020. [Read More]
