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This Japanese start-up has designed a wind turbine that can work in typhoons
A Japanese start-up has designed a wind turbine that works during cyclones, turning Japan's 26 annual typhoons and tropical storms into reliable energy sources.
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Japan wants to be carbon neutral by 2050. Here's what it will mean for nuclear energy
Following the Fukushima meltdown in 2011, Japan closed all but two of its nuclear reactors, but as it now plans to go carbon neutral by 2050, the industry is set for a revival.
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Dozens of Japanese towns are going off the grid
A northern Japanese city’s efforts to rebuild its electric power system after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami mark a quiet shift away from the country’s old utility model toward self-reli...