Baseload Electricity Market: EPCOs and New Players Vie for Cheap Electricity

The full liberalization of the electricity market in 2016 was one of Japan’s most significant developments of the past decade. That process has allowed a wide variety of new players to enter the mark...

Municipalities Go Net-zero: Carbon Neutral Stadiums and Hydrogen Hubs

The clean energy transition is by far the most ambitious collective effort ever undertaken by the global community. While led by Western and Asian democracies, no matter of top-down administrative ru...

Toyota Group’s Remarkable Gambit for Renewables

The recent handover of Toyota Motor's leadership has raised wide speculation as to whether the global auto champion will finally make a pivot to EVs. What often goes unnoticed, however, is the fact t...

Outlook for LNG in a Time of Uncertainty; And Impact on Japan

The last three years have seen extreme events roil energy markets. Global gas and the LNG industry have been impacted most of all. The price range for LNG has seen the biggest swings of all major ene...

Notes From Major Energy Summits Last Week: All Eyes on How to Decarbonize

Several big events took place in Tokyo last week, among them the Asia Zero Emissions Community (AZEC) Public-Private Investment Forum and the Japan Energy Summit. While LNG and thermal power featured...