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Japan is doubling down on solid oxide fuel cells, trading decades-old lab dreams for tangible gear that can heat homes and power skyscrapers. From a rubidium-doped ceramic that slashes operating temperatures to Mitsubishi Power’s 250-kW MEGAMIE hybrid humming beneath downtown Tokyo, the country is stitching together breakthroughs, subsidies and sheer persistence. If the pieces hold, Japan could soon export not just fuel cells but a blueprint for post-fossil resilience.
The global power system has crossed a line that once felt more aspirational than achievable: for the first time on record, renewable sources—solar, wind, hydro, geothermal…
When the gates to Expo 2025 swung open on April 13, crowds poured across Osaka’s reclaimed Yumeshima (“Dream”) Island to see what “Designing Future Society for…