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RE-Users Summit 2025: Renewable Electricity Procurement Continues to Evolve
10 June 2025
RE-Users Summit 2025: Renewable Electricity Procurement Continues to Evolve
10 June 2025
[Information-Package] Corporate PPA: Latest Trends in Japan (2025 Edition)
25 March 2025
REvision2025: The Great Decarbonization Competition and Renewable Energy
5 March 2025
The EU Competitiveness Compass: A Roadmap for Decarbonization and Growth Implications for Japan’s GX Strategy
17 February 2025
Renewable Electricity Procurement Guidebook (2025 Edition)
31 January 2025
Addressing the Challenges of the Hydrogen Society Promotion Act: Transitioning Away From Imported Fossil FuelsToshikazu Ishihara, Senior Researcher, Renewable Energy Institute
26 December 2024
REI Energy Transition Scenario Through Renewable Energy: Prospects Toward 2040 (Revised 1st Edition)
25 December 2024
[Comment] Rethinking the Mass Balance Approach Promoted by Japan's Steel Industry: A Call for a Green Purchasing Act That Delivers Real Decarbonization Results
23 December 2024
Section Re-categorized to Electricity Trends (Japan and Global) and RE Trends in Japan
20 December 2024
Robust Carbon Prices Accelerate EU’s Power Sector DecarbonizationRomain Zissler, Senior Researcher, Renewable Energy Institute
19 December 2024
"24/7 Carbon-Free" Achievable with Renewables, Concern about Nuclear with Radioactive WasteMasaya Ishida, Director, Renewable Energy Institute
23 October 2024
How Difficult is it to Expand Nuclear Power in the World?Romain Zissler, Senior Researcher, Renewable Energy Institute
27 September 2024
Evaluating Electricity Retail LiberalizationHiroshi Takahashi, Professor, Hosei University
4 September 2024
Are Japan’s Emission Reduction Efforts Really “On Track”? (Part 2)Teruyuki Ohno, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Institute
14 August 2024
Are Japan’s Emission Reduction Efforts Really “On Track”?Teruyuki Ohno, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Institute
14 August 2024
Growth of AI Will Not Negatively Impact Electricity Supply and Demand: Even Help to Achieve 100% Renewable EnergyMasaya Ishida, Director, Renewable Energy Institute
5 August 2024
Foreword to the New Series of Columns: Key Issues to Address in Japan's Strategic Energy PlanTeruyuki Ohno, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Institute
5 August 2024
Disinformation about German Electricity Tariffs and Power ImportsRomain Zissler, Senior Researcher, Renewable Energy Institute
19 July 2024
[Information-Package] Corporate PPA: Latest Trends in Japan (2024 Edition)
23 April 2024
Regarding the Inclusion of the Logo in the Renewable Energy Task Force Meeting Slides
1 April 2024
REvision2024: World Moves Towards Tripling Renewables
14 March 2024
Renewable Electricity Procurement Guidebook (2024 Edition)
22 January 2024
[REI New Year's Seminar] Prospects for Tripling Renewable Energy: In Response to the COP28 Decision
17 January 2024
[Information-Package] Corporate PPA: Latest Trends in Japan (2023 Edition)
1 August 2023
[Position Paper] Revised Basic Hydrogen Strategy Offers No Clear Path to Carbon Neutrality
20 July 2023
Renewable Energy Surcharges to Decrease Significantly with Lower FIT Purchase Prices and Higher Wholesale Market PricesMasaya Ishida, Senior Manager, Renewable Energy Institute
27 June 2023
[Statistics Explained] How Electricity Supply and Demand Changed Amid Soaring Fossil Fuel PricesKeiji Kimura, Associate Professor, Department of International Economics, Faculty of Economics, Osaka Sangyo University / Senior Research Fellow, Renewable Energy Institute
16 June 2023
RE-Users Summit 2023: Renewable Energy Procurement for Driving Decarbonization
14 June 2023
[Postion Paper] The Evolving Role of Carbon Credits: A Global Perspective and recommendation for Japan GX PlanKae Takase, Senior, Coordinator, Renewable Energy Institute
31 May 2023
2050: Decarbonizing Grid Systems with Renewables
7 April 2023
REvision2023: Overcoming the Energy Crisis with Renewables
8 March 2023
[Comment] The GX Basic Policy Falls Short in Proposing Strategies for Overcoming the Current Crises
28 February 2023
[Info Pack] Japan’s Nuclear Power New Policy: Off the Mark
17 February 2023
[RE] Trends of Electricity Production in Japan updated
13 December 2022
[Energy] Primary Energy, Electricity (Annual), Heat (Trends of Renewable Heat Supply, and Trends of Annual Installed Solar Heating System) updated
6 December 2022
In the Energy Crisis Renewable Energy Phenomenally Grows, Fossils and Nuclear DecreaseRomain Zissler, Senior Researcher, Renewable Energy Institute
6 October 2022
Re-examining Japan’s Hydrogen Strategy: Moving Beyond the “Hydrogen Society” Fantasy
22 September 2022
[Info Pack] Corporate PPA: Latest Trends in Japan
1 September 2022
Germany Strengthens Energy Efficiency in the Building Sector in the Wake of Ukraine CrisisEmi Ichiyanagi, Researcher, Renewable Energy Institute
21 July 2022
Cost and Technology Trends for Onshore Wind Power in Japan
23 May 2022
Bottlenecks and Risks of CCS Thermal Power Policy in Japan
20 May 2022
[Energy] Primary Energy (Trends of Primary Energy Supply from Renewable Energy Sources) updated
19 May 2022
Building Performance Standards for Existing Buildings: A view from the US and Europe
17 May 2022
Energy Crisis: Renewable Energy Delivers Electricity Price Relief in Europe Romain Zissler, Senior Researcher, Renewable Energy Institute
12 April 2022
RE-Users Summit 2022: Increasing Electricity from Renewable Energy with Additionality
3 February 2022
[Info Pack] Towards Carbon Neutral Steel in Japan: Learning from the Latest Trends in the European Union
14 December 2021
Analysis of Solar Power Generation Costs in Japan 2021
14 October 2021
Global Electricity Data 2020, Renewable Energy/Fossils & Nuclear: Two Opposite FatesRomain Zissler, Senior Researcher, Renewable Energy Institute
12 May 2021
Thoughts on 10 Years After the Nuclear AccidentTetsuji Ida, Senior Staff Reporter, Environment, Energy & Development, Kyodo News
26 April 2021
10 Years After 3/11: Has Japan’s Energy Policy Shifted?Mika Ohbayashi, Director, Renewable Energy Institute
8 March 2021
[Webcast] RE-Users Summit 2021: Corporate Renewable Energy Use Plans Accelerate Decarbonization
3 February 2021
Innovative Decarbonization Policies: ChileRomain Zissler, Senior Researcher, Renewable Energy Institute
24 December 2020
[Comment] The Start of Revisions to the Strategic Energy Plan
2 November 2020
Global Electricity Data 2020 First Half: Fossils Sink as Consumption Decreases and Renewables Further IncreaseTomas Kåberger, Chair of Executive Board, Renewable Energy Institute / Romain Zissler, Senior Researcher, Renewable Energy Institute
23 September 2020
Innovative Decarbonization Policies: IndiaRomain Zissler, Senior Researcher, Renewable Energy Institute
18 September 2020
Re-energising Plans for Power and Climate ChangeMika Ohbayashi, Director, Renewable Energy Institute
11 September 2020
The Coronavirus Crisis and the Climate Crisis: A Test for Japan’s Strategic Response CapabilitiesTakejiro Sueyoshi, Vice-Chair of Executive Board, Renewable Energy Institute
2 June 2020
[Special Report] A Series of Disasters Shows How Renewable Energy Helps Us: Now Is the Time for a Japanese ‘Green New Deal’
2 June 2020
[Forbes Article] Oil: Revenge Of The NegabarrelsAmory B. Lovins, Co-founder, Chief Scientist and Chairman Emeritus, Rocky Mountain Institute
19 May 2020
Wind Output Displaces Nuclear in France and SwedenTomas Kåberger, Chair of Executive Board, Renewable Energy Institute / Romain Zissler, Senior Researcher, Renewable Energy Institute
16 April 2020
[Online] REvision - Webinar
4 March 2020
REvision2020: Renewables to Realize a Decarbonized Society
4 March 2020
2019 Global Power Sector Developments: RE Finally Dominated GrowthTomas Kåberger, Chair of Executive Board, Renewable Energy Institute / Romain Zissler, Senior Researcher, Renewable Energy Institute
2 March 2020
RE-Users Summit 2020: Corporate Energy Users, More Renewables in Business
31 January 2020
[New Year's Column] 2020: Renewing Hope for Averting the Climate CrisisTeruyuki Ohno, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Institute
10 January 2020
Risk Analysis of Coal-Fired Power Plant Investment in Japan: Exposure to Stranded Asset Risk in the Energy Transition Period
24 October 2019
Renewable Energy: the Obvious Sustainable Development Pathway for Asia PacificRomain Zissler, Senior Researcher, Renewable Energy Institute / Christian Pigot, Research Collaborator
21 October 2019
Renewable Electricity Procurement Guidebook: for Corporations and Local Governments
10 April 2019
[Workshop] Japan’s Strategy for Deployment of Offshore Wind
8 March 2019
Boost Wind Generation in Japan: Revision of the Environmental Impact AssessmentMika Kudo, Senior Researcher, Renewable Energy Institute
28 February 2019
The Rise of Renewable Energy and Fall of Nuclear Power: Competition of Low Carbon Technologies
6 February 2019
[New Year’s Column] 2019, a Year to Accelerate the Energy Transition towards DecarbonizationTeruyuki Ohno, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Institute
1 January 2019
Renewable Energy Institutes Joins the F20 Platform
20 December 2018
Renewable Energy Institute signs MOU with Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI)
29 November 2018
Global Awarded Auctioned Renewable Energy Capacity Sharply Increases
3 September 2018
The UK is Phasing Out Coal Power by Expanding RE
20 June 2018
Global Offshore Wind Power Increased More than 4GW in 2017
14 June 2018
Decarbonization Strategy for 2050 Goes Off Course: No Secure Future with Nuclear and CoalMasaya Ishida, Manager, Renewable Energy Business Group, Renewable Energy Institute
19 April 2018
Wind and Solar Account for Most of New Electricity Generation in Major Economies
10 April 2018
Marked Decline in China and India Significantly Decreases New Coal Power Capacity
30 March 2018
With a Surge in Asia Pacific, Corporations’ Purchase of Clean Power Reached Record High in 2017
26 March 2018
Massive Expansion of RE Not Incompatible with Reduction of Fossil and Nuclear Power
16 March 2018
RE Reaches 26% of China’s Electricity Generation in 2017
15 February 2018
Global Renewable Power Costs: Onshore Wind Down to USD 0.06/kWh in 2017
23 January 2018
RE to Meet 36% of Germany's Electricity Consumption in 2017
11 January 2018
[International Symposium (Tokyo)] Bioenergy as a Strategy for Decarbonized Economy: Latest Findings from the European Trends
22 May 2017
Coal Business and Policy Trends: What Japanese Investors Should Know After the Paris Agreement
18 October 2016