Converting CO2 to Cement: Japan Seeks to Decarbonize Hard-to-Abate Industries

In April, the Ministry of Environment released its 2022 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory report to the United Nations, which, in a world first, included CO2 removal by concrete products. The report sai...

How Japanese Steel Is Turning Green

Part II : Reducing the Problem to Its Core If Japan’s fully behind a hydrogen economy, then it’s even more fully behind a net-zero shift in steelmaking. For all the headlines around the ‘hydro...

Blue vs Green Hydrogen and Its Impact on JERA

The debate over the economic feasibility of ‘blue hydrogen’ versus ‘green hydrogen’ appears to be approaching a decisive moment in the global conversation about clean forms of energy. And development...

Market Players Call on METI to Induce Capacity Market Toward Renewables

Recent changes in Japan's energy trading sector have drawn a strong response from major players who are now calling on the government to make the market more suitable for renewable energy sources. ...

How Japanese Steel Is Turning Green

Part I : A Blast From the Past The government has great expectations for the steel sector – perhaps the greatest of all industries in Japan. And it’s putting money behind those expectations. Domes...