Solar Energy News  
SOLAR DAILY
Japan PM urges clean energy push

by Staff Writers
Osaka (AFP) March 29, 2011
Japan's Premier Naoto Kan said Tuesday the country must push alternative energy sources as it recovers from its quake and tsunami disaster and struggles to contain a nuclear emergency.

"Taking this as a lesson, we have to lead the world in clean energy, such as solar and biomass, and make it a major pillar of a new Japan," the centre-left leader told a parliamentary committee.

His top spokesman, Yukio Edano, later said that the use of clean energy sources would likely be a key feature of a reconstruction plan for the northeastern region where entire towns were swept away on March 11.

"In overcoming the devastation and creating a future-oriented vision, we are looking into the possibility of promoting and pushing more for clean energy," Edano was quoted as saying by Kyodo News agency.

A massive 14-metre (46-foot) tsunami sparked by the seabed quake hit the coastal Fukushima nuclear plant northeast of Tokyo, which has since emitted radiation into the air and sea, sparking international concern.

Resource-poor Japan, highly dependent on Middle Eastern oil, meets about one third of its energy needs with nuclear power, but its high-tech companies are also world leaders in many environmental and energy-saving technologies.

Japanese officials also said Tuesday that -- despite the seismic calamity that left about 28,000 people dead or missing -- Tokyo would attend UN climate talks starting in Bangkok on April 3 as planned.

The meeting of senior officials is the first for the year aimed at building international cooperation on combating global warming.

It will also continue a fierce debate over whether to extend the Kyoto Protocol on curbing greenhouse gases that expires next year.

"Japan is set to fully participate" in the meeting, said Takeshi Sekiya, an environment ministry official, despite the fact that Japan's primary focus now was on disaster recovery and reconstruction.

On the climate issue, he said: "Japan's basic stance remains unchanged. We aim to build a fair and effective framework in which all major (carbon) emitting countries, such as the United States and China, take part."

Japan attracted some criticism last year for opposing an extension of the Kyoto Protocol. It said doing so would be unfair because top polluters China and the United States were not involved.



Share This Article With Planet Earth
del.icio.usdel.icio.us DiggDigg RedditReddit
YahooMyWebYahooMyWeb GoogleGoogle FacebookFacebook



Related Links
All About Solar Energy at SolarDaily.com



Memory Foam Mattress Review
Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News


SOLAR DAILY
Debut Of The First Practical Artificial Leaf
Anaheim CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2011
Scientists claimed one of the milestones in the drive for sustainable energy - development of the first practical artificial leaf. Speaking here at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, they described an advanced solar cell the size of a poker card that mimics the process, called photosynthesis, that green plants use to convert sunlight and water into energy. "A prac ... read more







SOLAR DAILY
Chicken Fat Biofuel: Eco-Friendly Jet Fuel Alternative

New Trash-To-Treasure Process Turns Landfill Nuisance Into Plastic

Green Cars Could Be Made From Pineapples And Bananas

Researchers Close In On Technology For Making Renewable Petroleum

SOLAR DAILY
Goodbye To Blind Spots For Machine Operators

How Can Robots Get Our Attention

How Do People Respond To Being Touched By A Robot

Teaching Robots To Move Like Humans

SOLAR DAILY
Nordex USA Enters First 300MW Joint Venture

Developing The Next Generation VENTOS CFD Model

GL Garrad Hassan Helping To Realize Largest US Wind Farm Development

K-State Research Channels Powerful Kansas Wind To Keep Electricity Running

SOLAR DAILY
Volvo to hire 1,200 new employees

PSA to curb Slovak production on stalled supplies from Japan

The Drive Toward Hydrogen Vehicles Just Got Shorter

Toyota 'likely' to slow US production

SOLAR DAILY
New Approach To Programming May Boost Green Computing

Closing In On The Pseudogap

Conflicts a threat to Indonesia's energy

TU Delft Identifies Huge Potential Of Nanocrystals In Fuel Cells

SOLAR DAILY
New Method For Preparation Of High-Energy Carbon-Carbon Double Bonds

CO2 Pressure Dissipates In Underground Reservoirs

Berkeley Lab Scientists Control Light Scattering In Graphene

New High-Resolution Carbon Mapping Techniques Provide More Accurate Results

SOLAR DAILY
Lights off as 'Earth Hour' circles the globe

Lights out as Tokyo lives with power crunch

Japan faces prolonged energy crunch

Power outages could hamper Japanese recovery: IMF

SOLAR DAILY
Five countries sign for 'European Amazon' reserve

Canada's unique wetlands under threat: report

Colombian Amazon village bans prying tourists

US scientists recruit crocodiles to save wetlands


The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2010 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement