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Polysilicon exports to China lowest since 2011 due to US import laws – Bernreuter

PV Tech

Polysilicon imports to China have fallen to their lowest levels since 2011 as non-Chinese polysilicon producers have shipped greater volumes to Southeast Asia, according to a recent report from Bernreuter Research.

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Smart grid innovations booming with Asia as emerging hub

Smart Energy International

While the smart grid innovations – as measured by the number of smart grid ‘international patent families’ (IPFs) as a share of the overall power IPFs – have been on the decline since a high in 2011, they increased dramatically in 2022, provisional data indicates. Have you read? of total IPFs across all technologies.

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Ocean-dumping for Fukushima wastewater: Japan’s complex decision remains contentious

Envirotec Magazine

Japan has ended years of speculation over the fate of radioactive wastewater stored in tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant since the 2011 disaster. The main source of radioactive contamination is the residual nuclear fuel from the three nuclear reactors which overheated during the 2011 disaster.

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Small-scale geothermal power plants in Japan pave way for bigger plants

ThinkGeoEnergy

This is particularly important for Tsuchiyu Onsen, which is only forty kilometers from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, as the nuclear disaster in 2011 had long driven tourists away from the area. Thousands of people from across the country now visit to learn about how the geothermal power plant works.

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Could green hydrogen be key to a carbon-free economy?

GreenBiz

Across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, more countries and companies are embracing this high-quality fuel. In Japan, a new green hydrogen plant, one of the world’s largest, just opened near Fukishima — an intentionally symbolic location given the plant’s proximity to the site of the 2011 nuclear disaster. Green hydrogen can do that.

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Japan – Asia’s Biggest Energy Market Opportunity in 2019?

CleanTech Group

The 2011 earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear accident triggered a major overhaul of the energy market in Japan. One of the largest economies in the world and the fourth largest consumer of electricity, Japan has long been a recognized leader in energy technology development.

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Nuclear Power’s Future Is Looking Brighter

R-Squared Energy

But the vast majority of new nuclear power construction over the next five years will take place in the Asia Pacific region. There are admittedly still a lot of headwinds for the industry in the wake of previous nuclear disasters like Chernobyl in 1986 and the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.