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The country has bet on reaching 22.5 GW of LNG by 2030, but unbankable contracts and policy gaps have stalled its plans four years to the deadline.
The deal with a Renova-supported project backs the utility’s renewables push as Japan seeks more domestic clean energy.
Japan’s resales of US LNG for the past five years has resulted in emissions equivalent to 17 coal plants in a year, new research by Zero Carbon Analytics shows.
The Iran war is driving a significant near-term surge in Asia-Pacific’s thermal coal demand, with an additional 150 million tonnes of cumulative consumption projected through 2030, roughly half of which is expected to land in 2026 alone.
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