Bioenergy: A Quicker Route to Decarbonization for Japan

This is a guest column by Eduardo Saboia, the Ambassador of Brazil to Japan As Japan reconsiders its energy mix in light of the country’s pledge to decarbonize by 2050, one option that makes sense...

Shift to EVs Faces Legal and Cost Issues Amid IP Wrangle

The global shift to electric vehicles (EV) is turning more complicated, and potentially much more costly than initially imagined.A growing power struggle over the intellectual property (IP) of the co...

Japan Speeds Up Approval of Projects Cutting Emissions Overseas to Offset Own CO2

As Japan looks for ways to improve its emissions reduction targets ahead of this year’s COP26 climate conference, one ace up the government’s sleeve may be the increasing number of carbon-reducing pr...

Japan Considers Boosting LNG Stockpiles via Overseas Hubs and Diplomacy

Japan has fewer than three weeks of gas supply on-hand, and even less when it comes to the reserve for power generation. For a country that relies on LNG for around 40% of its power, that’s a fine ma...

Enhanced Supply Chain and Ammonia May Return Japan as Hydrogen Frontrunner

As the global race for carbon neutrality intensifies, Japan’s hydrogen ambitions are once again in the spotlight. Japan surprised the world when in 2017 the government announced the Basic Hydrogen...