Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) has called on Toshiba to supply it with smart meters as part of it ambitious plan to deploy such devices in 27 million Japanese households over the next 10 years.
Toshiba Corp is looking to sell part of its stake in its Westinghouse Electric atomic-power unit, according to Bloomberg. The wire service quoted Toru Ohara, a spokesman for Tokyo-based Toshiba, saying that the company was in discussions with three parties on a sale of up to 16 percent of its Westinghouse shares.
US-listed solar company, SunPower Corp, has announced it will supply more than 100-MW of solar panels to Japan's Toshiba Corp under a multi-year agreement.
Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Toshiba have developed an advanced cooling technology that will enable data centers to be more energy efficient, cutting energy bills by one-third, according to a report by ScienceDaily.
Toshiba Corp plans to build solar power plants with 100-MW of total generating capacity on Japan’s disaster-hit northeastern coastline, making it the biggest confirmed solar project in Japan to date.
Toshiba plans to expand future sales of renewable energy and move away from any plans on nuclear energy, according to the company's president Norio Sasaki.
As widely speculated, Toshiba Corporation has agreed to acquire Switzerland's Landis+Gyr AG, a leader in energy management solutions for utilities. The 186.3 billion yen (USD2.3 billion) acquisition will substantially enhance the scope of Toshiba's Smart Community Division and help it become a global player in the smart grid sector.
This report by the World Bank spells out what the world would be like if it warmed by 4 degrees Celsius, which is what scientists are nearly unanimously predicting by the end of the century, without serious policy changes.
Companies in Asia reveal expectations that regulations that could lead to rising costs for reporting and reducing GHG emissions will also be the main sources of climate-related business opportunities.
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