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Japan s hidden hydropower country taps water for carbon neutrality Japan s effort to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 has grassroots corporate support in a region where developers are unlocking potential for water and wind power.
Starting last month, the Toyama-based regional lender Hokuriku Bank has been using only electricity generated by local hydropower for its data center in central Toyama Prefecture, about 260 km northwest of Tokyo.
The bank became the first company to sign up for an electricity plan launched by regional utility Hokuriku Electric Power Co. and Toyama Prefecture. For a premium added to the electricity bill, the company will be plugged to electricity generated from hydropower plants run by the prefecture.
NHK - May 19
The two mass coronavirus vaccination centers set up by the Self-Defense Forces will accept reservations from people in wider areas starting Monday. They will cover residents aged 65 and older in all parts of Tokyo and Osaka.
dailymail.co.uk - May 18
A compact toilet paper that packs so much into a single roll it cold be dropped from the top of the Statue of Liberty three times before running out has been created.
NHK - May 18
Japanese marine researchers have successfully captured videos of a Pacific sleeper shark, a species whose life in deep ocean waters has yet to be fully understood.
May 7, 2021
Power generation accounts for roughly a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. So when Japan’s biggest power producer, Jera Co., announced last October that it aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 but not by relying exclusively on renewable power it took even some energy experts by surprise, with many wondering if that is actually possible.
But the company, which emitted 139 million tons of carbon dioxide in fiscal 2019 and is responsible for nearly 10% of Japan’s emissions, is determined to lead the world in making a bold transition away from fossil fuels to net zero emissions as it bets its survival on ammonia and hydrogen, which unlike fuels such as oil and gas do not produce carbon dioxide when burnt.