Mitsubishi starts electrolysis hydrogen production

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

(MHI photo)

PanOrient News

TOKYO: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have announced that electrolysis hydrogen production has started at Takasago Hydrogen Park, the world's first integrated hydrogen validation facility at MHI's Takasago Machinery Works in central Japan.

Mitsubishi Power aims to improve product reliability through the validation of hydrogen co-firing and 100 percent hydrogen firing of gas turbines, while also expanding through the introduction of next-generation hydrogen production tec...

Physicist: US Behind in Improving Post-Fukushima Nuclear Safety Standards

Friday, October 25, 2019

Frank von Hippel

By Allison Pestotnik

Tokyo - (PanOrient News) Market forces have kept the U.S. nuclear power industry from adequately increasing safety measures after Fukushima, according to nuclear physicist Frank von Hippel in an article published in Physics Today.

Von Hippel asserts that nuclear power in the U.S. has struggled to compete with other energy sources like natural gas, wind and solar, and as a result the industry has decided not to invest as much as some other countries in safety precaution...

NGOs Lay Blame on Japanese Banks for Fossil Fuel Funding

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Tokyo-(PanOrient News) Climate-focused NGOs pointed fingers at Japanese banks for not doing more to stop fossil fuel financing on Monday, following the release of a report examining the role of major banks around the world in supporting the fossil fuel sector.

“As climate change impacts worsen, Japanese banks are facing increasing international scrutiny for their financing of coal power and other fossil fuels around the world,” said Greenpeace Japan, Rainforest Action Network and 350.org ...

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