Domestic Hydrogen Opportunities if Japan Tames Excess Renewables Volume

If Japan were able to turn all excess renewable energy into hydrogen, it could fill the tank of almost 3 million fuel cell vehicles. This is a calculation based on an idealized scenario, of course, b...

The Upcoming Rise of Grid-Scale Batteries in Japan

Japan's government recently hinted that it would seek to address the Achille's heel of renewable energy from intermittent sources, such as solar and wind, by further opening up the power grid to batt...

Japan Struggles to Find Balance Between Established Power Sources and Renewables

Like many countries, Japan has to juggle the current reality of power supply with its net-zero goals. While there’s no going back to the primacy of fossil fuels, Japan is taking small steps to resolv...

Japan’s LNG Energy Security Has a Cost: Estimating the Price of Supply Diversity

Cutting CO2 emissions and decarbonization was supposed to be the main topic in global LNG markets last year. Instead, energy security is again front and center, especially for purchasing countries.In...

Japan’s Bet on an “Alternative” Energy Transition in Southeast Asia Promises Big Dividends

Japan’s government and major energy corporations are increasing their operations in Southeast Asia, seeing the region as sympathetic to their gradual approach to decarbonization. Southeast Asian e...