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-...

How To Keep Ammonia Safe: Part II

This is Part II of a two-part series examining the safety issues involved in using ammonia for power generation. The first story was published in the Aug. 21 Weekly report. As several Japanese uti...

Enhancing Carbon Capture Management: Japan Selects 7 Sites for CCS Projects

A decade and a half ago, Japan embarked on its first CCS trial in a small northern port when carbon capture and storage seemed like a distant, highly experimental technology. Critics may say that lit...

Local Decarbonization Rollout Slow; Municipalities Face Resources Gap

Originally, the program was designed to be part of the government’s sweeping regional decarbonization efforts to expedite the deployment of renewables. However, a year after the Ministry of the Envir...