Japan plans to raise goal for clean energy January 29, 2007.
“The government said Monday that it wanted to expand the amount of electricity that Tokyo Electric Power and other utilities were required to generate from solar power and other renewable energy sources.
The Trade Ministry said it had drawn up a plan requiring Japanese power producers to generate 16 billion kilowatt- hours of energy from renewable sources by March 2015. This would be an increase of 31 percent from the target of 12.2 billion kilowatt-hours, equal to 1.35 percent of total output, set for March 2010.
Japan, a signatory of the Kyoto Protocol on cutting the production of greenhouse gases, wants to expand generation from clean energy sources, particularly solar panels, to help the nation meet emissions targets.
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[While noting the action Japan is planning to take, keep in mind Japan has a gigantic Earth Simulator supercomputer.]

Japan’s new energy strategy January 13, 2006.
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) plans to release publicly the outline of the nation’s new energy strategy as early as next month and will ask an advisory panel to Minister Toshihiro Nikai to flesh out the details before formalizing it by June.
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The new strategy is also expected to call for lowering Japan’s dependence on oil as a primary energy source from the current 50% to 40% or less by 2030 through promotion of alternative energy sources such as solar and wind power.

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