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Panasonic Corp. said Friday it will spend Y45 billion to build a new solar cell factory in Malaysia.

Japan has the potential to generate nearly 40% of its electricity from solar, wind and geothermal energy, according to estimates prepared for the government’s Energy and Environment Council.

Housing manufacturers are expanding products and services for next-generation energy-saving housing.

On Tuesday 22 Nov 11, Hawaii’s state government signed a memorandum of understanding for a $37 million smart grid project with Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). NEDO, which is part of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), will develop and install smart utility system controls on the island of …

The 2011 edition of the Tokyo Motor Show that will start on November 30 will certainly have a plenty of exciting new concepts, but Toyota wants to impress once again with its latest eco-friendly concepts.

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will ease restrictions on the use of land at factory sites in a bid to promote the construction of mega solar power plants.

Panasonic Corp. is gearing up to handle all aspects of solar cell production, from manufacturing the cells from silicon wafers to assembling them into panels, outside Japan for the first time through the construction of a Malaysian plant, The Nikkei learned Thursday.

Asia Pacific economies Sunday agreed to cut tariffs on “green” products and to pursue a range of other measures aimed at boosting trade, as they warned of increasing uncertainty in the world economy.

Solar energy has just made one step forward: Sharp announced that it has developed a solar cell boasting the world’s highest conversion efficiency of 36.9%. This number is 1.1 points higher than for the company’s last cell, which was unveiled in October 2009.

Tokai Carbon Co. will invest roughly 5 billion yen by the end of fiscal 2012 to increase its production capacity for isotropic graphite by 50% to 15,000 tons a year.