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LNG Contract Destination Clauses in Japan’s Crosshairs
In Japan, January’s rapid rise in LNG prices stirred more than just anxiety over costs. After years of silence on the issue, the government is once again turning its eye to the contract terms of inte...
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Japan’s Biggest Fossil Fuel Empire Pivots to Ammonia and Offshore Wind
The fate of Japan’s recently-announced and ambitious decarbonization pledge will in large part depend on the future course determined by the country’s largest utility, JERA. The company is a vast net...
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IEA Vs Japan: Two Opposing Views on Decarbonization
In the last two weeks, Japan and the International Energy Agency (IEA) unveiled key reports on routes to decarbonization. While the reports speak on similar issues and technologies, each has quite di...
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Profit in the Time of Covid: Impact on Japan Corporates
Japan went into its first lockdown and state of emergency on April 7, 2020[1], almost at the start of Fiscal Year 2020. In the last two weeks, most major Japanese players in the significant energy an...
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Electricity Grid Access Due to Open Up From FY2022
Renewable Energy Projects Should Get More Opportunities Japan has promised renewables operators preferential access to the grid in a bid to boost green energy in the mix. Currently, some solar and...
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