{"id":100078,"date":"2025-08-29T04:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T04:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/100078\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T04:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T04:05:10","slug":"mitsubishis-wind-power-retreat-a-blow-to-japans-alternative-energy-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/100078\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitsubishi\u2019s wind-power retreat a blow to Japan&#8217;s alternative-energy goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The withdrawal from three offshore wind-power projects by Japan\u2019s Mitsubishi Corp. comes as a blow to the energy import-reliant nation\u2019s plan to expand renewable energy production, just as similar projects face setbacks worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>While some worry that the retreat by Japan\u2019s largest trading house could trigger a domino effect that leads other operators to drop out, Mitsubishi\u2019s case might be unique, and the implications might be limited, some researchers argue.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Mitsubishi announced it would terminate operations in three offshore areas, citing unexpected costs in a changing economic environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The withdrawal from three offshore wind-power projects by Japan\u2019s Mitsubishi Corp. comes as a blow to the energy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[48891,48892,1344,1397,48890,12570,90,48893,56,54,55,1059],"class_list":["post-100078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-akita","tag-chiba","tag-energy","tag-environment","tag-mitsubishi","tag-renewables","tag-science","tag-trading-houses","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}