Local Taxes on Renewables Is Now a Trend – Aomori Prefecture the Latest To Step Up

Municipal governments hitting renewable energy projects with taxes seems to be becoming a trend in Japan. Next, the main question is whether this phenomenon will accelerate or just limp along meekly....

Top Interview: UK Biomass Specialist Drax Speaks on Japan Market and CCS

Drax Group is a renewable energy utility and a supplier of sustainable biomass. It operates a portfolio of biomass, hydro-electric and pumped hydro storage assets across four sites in England and Sco...

Japan and Critical Raw Materials: Scouring the Globe for Friendly and Reliable Sources

Since the war in Ukraine divided the global market into two hostile blocs, Japan has had to seek out alternatives to its closest neighbors, Russia and China, for supplies of energy, as well as the me...

Paying for the Void: Japan Looks for Business Model To Support CCS Projects

Japan spent around ¥100,000 ($686) per ton of CO2 to capture and store carbon emissions in this technology’s first trial a few years ago – five times more than the price of CO2 traded on any global c...

Electricity Balancing Power Market Reform: EPRX To Complete Makeover in 2024

As more renewables are brought online, the nation’s power trading is adjusting to reflect the new market dynamics. And one of the biggest changes in the next 10 months or so will occur in the supply-...