Japan is negotiating with
Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s government-backed renewable energy company, to
conduct a feasibility study for air cooling systems using solar thermal
technology, an official said.
Japan’s
state-controlled New Energy and Industrial Technology Development
Organization and Masdar are discussing details of a feasibility study
planned in Masdar City to be followed by demonstration tests, Toshio
Kosuge, an official of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy said
in a telephone interview on Tuesday. He declined to give details.
The Nikkei
newspaper reported on Tuesday that the tests may happen as early as this
spring and Japan may invest as much as 3 billion yen ($36.7m) in
the three-year project. The plan comes as Japan pushes to expand clean
energy technology exports.
On December 13,
Japan signed a memorandum to cooperate in solar energy projects with
Morocco and agreed with Tunisia to launch a solar thermal power
generation in El Borma, according to NEDO’s website.
Japan’s
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akihito Ohata will visit the
United Arab Emirates beginning January 10 for meetings with officials to
strengthen energy cooperation using Japan’s clean energy technology,
said Ryo Minami, another official at the Agency for Natural Resources
and Energy.
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