New Prime Minister in Japan Won’t Stop Net-Zero Goals, But May Change Approach

On Friday, Sept. 3, Prime Minister Suga announced that he will resign his post when his term as Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president expires at the end of the month. Suga’s resignation will not a...

Japan’s Green Energy Hero? Changing the Power System

Few companies have such outsized ambitions to transform Japan’s power industry as Erex Co. In the last few months, the firm of 182 people has engaged in talks to take over several coal power plants a...

How Likely is Japan’s Electricity Price Spike Repeat Itself?

On Jan. 13, 2021 a power crunch sent Japan’s wholesale electricity price to a record ¥154.57/ kWh. The 2,400% jump in price in the course of a month was partly due to events outside Japan and the wea...

Biofuel’s Takeoff in Japan Depends on Aviation

In this second part of the deep dive into biofuels in Japan, we look at what is driving interest in them, which companies are the most active, which are the key projects, and what to expect over the ...

Biofuels: How the “New Oil” May Revolutionize Japan’s Transport

What do seaweed, used cooking oil and discarded clothing have in common? All three are part of plans for the decarbonization of Japan’s transport, acting as key ingredients for new biofuels being tes...